Analysis of mental health factors in women who have undergone rubal sterilization

• Autores: Merino Barragán, Vicente, Jiménez Gómez, Fernando, Sánchez Crespo, Guadalupe
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 1994
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistaspuc:article/4096
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/psicologia/article/view/4096
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: woman; sterilization; personaliry; Eysenk Personality Inventory (EPI); Psychological Research Test; Mujer; Esterilización; Personalidad; Cuestionario de Eysenk (EPI); Test de Investigación Psicológica

Using the Eysenk Personality Inventory and the Psychological Research Test by Bemot, Dumonr. Laurent and Philonenko, the authors have analysed diffetent personality lacrors in women who asked for rubal sterilization as irreversible birth-control method. A comparative study of 100 women (mean age of 35, a mean of 13 years of marriage and a mean of 4 childten) who underwent a rubal sterilization (experimental group) and 100 women (mean age of 31, 8 years of marriage and a mena of 2 children) who underwent a reversible birth control method (control group). Results showed no sign6cant differences between the experimental and the control groups with respect to Neuroticism {N-EPI) and Psychopathology Levels (PSY).