Correlates of desire for children among Black women with and without HIV infection
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HIV infection poses a threat to women, children and society in general. Public health officials recommend that women with HIV avoid pregnancy, however these recommendations do not consider women's desire to bear children. Many authors suggest that desire for children, especially among Black women with HIV, is related to sense of self. This study examined whether there is a relationship among self-esteem, self-efficacy and desire for children, and compared these relationships between 52 Black women with HIV infection (mean age 34) and 46 Black women without HIV infection (mean age 31). All the participants were recruited from a single inner-city health center. This non-random sample completed the following four questionnaires: The Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale, the General Self-Efficacy Subscale, a Modified Index of Parenthood Motivation and a background information sheet. Results indicate that psychometric features of the scales were reliable within this sample. A significant moderate positive correlation between desire for children and self-efficacy was found within the HIV positive group of women. Among the HIV negative women, desire for children was found to have a significant moderate to strong positive correlation with self-efficacy and self-esteem. ANCOVA results show that there is no significant difference in desire for children between the infected and uninfected groups of women. Finally, the covariants; age, number of previous abortions and strength of religious belief, as a set, are better predictors of desire for children than self-esteem and self-efficacy within this sample of 98 low-income Black women. Taken together, the results suggest that sense of self, defined as esteem and efficacy, have a positive relation with desire for children among low-income Black women with and without HIV infection. However, women of this study do not differ in desire for children based on their HIV status, and the variable set—age, number of previous abortions and strength of religious belief—is a better indicator of desire for children than self-esteem and self-efficacy.
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Type | Dissertation |
Acquisition | Proxy-submission |
Review Type | None: Degree-based Submission |
Format | Text-based Document |
Evidence Level | Cross-Sectional |
Research Approach | Quantitative Research |
Keywords | Women with HIV; Desire for Children; Low-income Black Women |
CINAHL Subject(s) | Women; Motherhood; Blacks; Women--Psychosocial Factors; Motherhood--Psychosocial Factors |
Grantor | New York University |
Advisor | Griffin, Joanne |
Level | PhD |
Year | 2000 |
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