Is the Predisposition to Have More Children Beneficial among Parents with Only One Child? Evidence from Spanish Parents
Abstract
:1. Introduction
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- Determine potential differences in the factors examined between people with a positive and negative predisposition to have more children;
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- Establish the predictive value of the variables relating to the predisposition to have more children.
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample
2.2. Tools
2.3. Procedure
2.4. Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Groups | N | d.f. | Mean | SD | Student’s t-Test | Sig. | Cohen’s D | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | no | 35 | 94 | 38.51 | 5.34 | 3.82 | 0.000 | 0.01 |
yes | 61 | 33.93 | 5.81 | |||||
Life satisfaction | no | 33 | 92 | 3.60 | 0.84 | −3.09 | 0.003 | 0.65 |
yes | 61 | 4.10 | 0.68 | |||||
Brooding | no | 34 | 91 | 2.07 | 0.71 | 2.21 | 0.029 | 0.46 |
yes | 59 | 1.77 | 0.56 | |||||
Reflection | no | 30 | 87 | 1.72 | 0.66 | 2.53 | 0.013 | 0.55 |
yes | 59 | 1.40 | 0.49 | |||||
Standards | no | 35 | 94 | 4.44 | 1.23 | −2.13 | 0.036 | 0.00 |
yes | 61 | 5.02 | 1.32 | |||||
Extroversion | no | 35 | 94 | 2.40 | 0.86 | −2.93 | 0.004 | 0.62 |
yes | 61 | 2.94 | 0.88 | |||||
Parental stress | no | 32 | 85 | 2.54 | 0.91 | 2.05 | 0.043 | 0.45 |
yes | 55 | 2.16 | 0.75 |
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Gómez-Ortiz, O.; Sánchez-Sánchez, C. Is the Predisposition to Have More Children Beneficial among Parents with Only One Child? Evidence from Spanish Parents. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 7685. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137685
Gómez-Ortiz O, Sánchez-Sánchez C. Is the Predisposition to Have More Children Beneficial among Parents with Only One Child? Evidence from Spanish Parents. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(13):7685. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137685
Chicago/Turabian StyleGómez-Ortiz, Olga, and Carmen Sánchez-Sánchez. 2022. "Is the Predisposition to Have More Children Beneficial among Parents with Only One Child? Evidence from Spanish Parents" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 13: 7685. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19137685