Individuals with high self-esteem more likely to want children

A recent South Korean study showed that couples with high self-esteem are more willing to have babies, a potentially significant revelation for the country hoping to reverse its low birth rates. Scholars from Gyeongsang National University’s psychology department studied people in their 30s, finding a possible correlation between respondents’ mental health and desire to have children, according to the journal published by the Korea Women’s Development Institute. Survey participants were sorted into four categories based on their willingness to have children, the emotional value they attach to having children, the social and pragmatic value they associate with having children, and […]... Keep on reading: Individuals with high self-esteem more likely to want children

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