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Finding Parenthood- Parental Identity Through Assisted Reproductive Methods And The Implications For Efficacy Based And Worth Based Self-Esteem, Ashley Rae Steckler
Finding Parenthood- Parental Identity Through Assisted Reproductive Methods And The Implications For Efficacy Based And Worth Based Self-Esteem, Ashley Rae Steckler
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This research examined the implications for efficacy based and worth based self-esteem among 266 infertile women who had utilized reproductive technologies within heterosexual partnerships in order to have genetic children and become parents. Drawing on a theory of self-esteem, within an identity theory framework, this research compared self-esteem between women who were currently utilizing assisted reproductive technologies to have children and women who had successfully used assisted reproductive technologies to have children and become parents. Self-esteem was measured by utilizing Cast and Burke’s (2002) Worth-Based and Efficacy-Based Self-esteem Scale in order to test the following three hypotheses: 1) self-verification (successfully …