ArticleJournal of education and health promotion2024
The effect of single-child couples' education based on the theory of planned behavior on their intention to have next child.
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Abstract
backgroundIn today's society, for many reasons, families have tended toward selective single-child upbringing. Single-child couples' decisions about continuing to have children depend on their attitudes about the consequences of having the next child, perceived norms about it, and perception of control over childbearing behavior. Therefore, this study was conducted with the aim of determining the effect of single-child couples' education based on the theory of planned behavior on their intention to have next child. MATERIALS AND
methodsThis study is a field trial that was conducted in 2022. Eight girls' and boys' primary schools in Golpayegan City, Isfahan Province, were randomly selected for sampling the intervention and control groups. Parents of 70 first-grade students who were single children were selected and placed in groups. 35 couples in the intervention group received education about parenting based on the constructs of the theory of planned behavior during 4-weekly sessions. The questionnaire for the evaluation of childbearing behavior intention was completed by the research samples before the intervention, immediately, and three months after the intervention. Data were analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA), independent-samples
resultDemographic and fertility characteristics were homogeneous in the intervention and control groups. The results showed that the changes in the average score of the attitude toward childbearing (
conclusionThe results obtained from this study showed that parenting education based on the theory of planned behavior generally improved couples' intention to have children, abstract norms, and also the intention to have children later, but it had no effect on the attitude of couples toward having children and controlling their perceived behavior in having children. It seems that couples having only one child are rooted in environmental conditions, such as the economic and social status of society, rather than being under the control and desire of the couple. Therefore, other environmental conditions should also be taken into consideration in fertility promotion policies. Adaptation and implementation of theory of planned behavior (TPB)-based intervention by health policymakers and healthcare providers achieve a better understanding of childbearing.
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