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Sexuality and affectivity after a grieving process for an antenatal death: a qualitative study of fathers' experiences

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dc.contributor.authorCamacho Ávila, Marcos
dc.contributor.authorHernández Sánchez, Encarnación
dc.contributor.authorFernández Férez, Alba
dc.contributor.authorFernández Medina, Isabel María
dc.contributor.authorFernández Sola, Cayetano
dc.contributor.authorConesa Ferrer, María Belén
dc.contributor.authorVentura Miranda, María Isabel
dc.contributor.departmentEnfermería
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-29T11:57:24Z
dc.date.available2024-12-29T11:57:24Z
dc.date.issued2023-02-27
dc.description© 2023 The Author(s). This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This document is the Published version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in American Journal of Men's Health. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.22514/jomh.2023.010
dc.description.abstractThe loss of an infant at the prenatal stage is one of the most traumatic events parents can experience. Prenatal losses have several negative implications for parents’ physical, psychological, and social well-being, including intimacy and sexuality. Fathers who suffer from this experience have to cope not only with their grief, but also with the physical and emotional suffering of their partners. The social context gives the father a masculine role of strength, insensitivity, and protection of the mother, with the result that his pain and grief become invisible. The objective of this study is to understand fathers’ experience of affective-sexual relationships after a grieving process for an antenatal death; A qualitative study based on interviews with 11 fathers in Spain who have experienced an antenatal death was conducted. Data were analyzed with the help of ATLAS.ti software to discover emerging themes. 6 sub-themes were developed from the analysis, grouped into two main themes: the invisibility of grieving fathers and the relationships between the grieving parents are influenced by the death of their infants. The sexuality of fathers who suffer an antenatal death is altered. Gender stereotypes and the lack of social and professional awareness make their grief invisible. Fathers need to express their emotions to cope with their own grief and break the stereotypical gendered bereavement. In most cases, the couple’s relationship is altered, from a close union to a more distant relationship, in addition to a decrease in sexual desire and arousal. However, other fathers experienced greater closeness and intimacy in the couple. A communication based on sincerity, exposing their own grief, feelings, emotions and needs could help the couple’s relationship.es
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dc.identifier.citationJournal of Men's Health, 2023, Vol.19, N. 2, pp.36-44
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.22514/jomh.2023.010
dc.identifier.issnPrint: 1557-9883
dc.identifier.issnElectronic: 1557-9891
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10201/147848
dc.languageenges
dc.publisherSAGE Publications
dc.relationSin financiación externa a la Universidades
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.jomh.org/articles/10.22514/jomh.2023.010
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesses
dc.rightsAtribución 4.0 Internacional*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subjectFatherses
dc.subjectGender
dc.subjectGrief
dc.subjectPerinatal grief
dc.subjectMasculinity
dc.subjectSexuality
dc.subjectFetal death
dc.subjectElectronic: 1557-9891
dc.titleSexuality and affectivity after a grieving process for an antenatal death: a qualitative study of fathers' experienceses
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