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Reproductive Psychology
Univeristy of Lodz, PL LODZ 01
Faculty of Educational Sciences, Institute of Psychology
M-9
4
15
1 Semester (summer semester)
Lecture
Eleonora Bielawska-Batorowicz PhD
Students of Psychology (4th year) and Erasmus students
Written examination in English – an essay
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Beginning of summer semester
Eleonora Bielawska-Batorowicz PhD
OBJECTIVES: The lecture is planned to provide students with insight
into psychological aspects of human reproduction and its possible
complications. It gives an overview of psychological models and theories
of human reproductive behaviour and reproductive problems. It provides
an opportunity to look at pregnancy, birth, menstrual cycle and menopause
as on social and psychological events.
CONTENTS: The concept of reproductive psychology and its relations to
other disciplines within psychology. Bio-psycho-social model of
reproduction. Psychological processes involved in childbearing.
Description:
Adjustment to pregnancy, attitudes to motherhood and fatherhood.
Psychological aspects of such reproductive problems as premature birth,
perinatal loss, congenital abnormalities. Postnatal psychological
complications including postnatal depression and posttraumatic stress
disorder. Infertility and its treatment, psychological aspects of infertility
diagnosis in females and in males. Controversies around assisted
reproduction. Psychological and social aspects of menstrual cycle and the
menopause. Menopause in men – facts and myths.
MaMain readings:
Blyth, E., Landau, R. (eds.) (2004). Third Party Assisted Conception
Across Cultures. Social, Legal and Ethical Perspectives. London: Jessica
Kingsley Publishers.
Campion, M.J. (1995). Who Is Fit to Be a Parent? London: Routlege.
Literature:
Hunter, M. (1992). Gynaecology. In: A. K. Broome (ed.) Health
Psychology. London: Chapman and Hall.
Sherr, L. (1992). Obstetrics. In: A. K. Broome (ed.) Health Psychology.
London: Chapman and Hall.
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