Küchenhoff J
Abteilung Psychotherapie und Psychohygiene, Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik, Basel.
Ther Umsch. 1999 May;56(5):260-4. doi: 10.1024/0040-5930.56.5.260.
The present paper addresses the topic of involuntary childlessness and its psychological sequelae for the fathers-to-be. There are at least two different psychological stresses men have to cope with: not being able to generate a child, and missing a child as one's life fulfillment. A short review of empirical research on male coping with infertility illustrates that men suffer from involuntary childlessness as do women. Nevertheless, the quality of the psychological burden remains open. Results from the Heidelberg Research Project on Male Infertility are summarized to assess this quality. Involuntary childlessness does not entail psychological sufferings for all patients; indeed, it is only a subgroup that remains fixated to the wish to have a child for psychological reasons. The project data elucidate the motives behind this fixation. They show that the most important psychological burden is not the narcissistic wound not to be able to generate a child, but the frustration of hope invested into the longed--for child on whom many otherwise unfulfilled aspirations are projected.
本文探讨了非自愿无子女及其对准父亲的心理影响这一主题。男性至少要应对两种不同的心理压力：无法生育子女，以及因没有孩子而感到人生不圆满。对男性应对不育的实证研究进行的简要回顾表明，男性和女性一样，都会遭受非自愿无子女之苦。然而，心理负担的程度仍不明确。总结海德堡男性不育研究项目的结果以评估这种程度。非自愿无子女并非会给所有患者带来心理痛苦；实际上，只有一小部分人会因心理原因而执着于生育愿望。该项目数据阐明了这种执着背后的动机。数据表明，最重要的心理负担并非无法生育所带来的自恋创伤，而是寄托在渴望的孩子身上的希望破灭，人们把许多原本未实现的愿望都投射到了这个孩子身上。
