Mental representations concerning the sex of the baby of pregnant nulliparous women who wished a boy or a girl

Psychol Rep. 1997 Feb;80(1):273-4. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1997.80.1.273.

Abstract

The objective was to obtain the mental representations concerning the sex of the child of 125 nulliparous third- and fourth-mo. pregnant women who wished a boy or a girl, using Kelly's Repertory Grid. Our data indicate that the grid's average of the two groups of women is significantly different from 3 (the neutral point).

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Fantasy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Personality Inventory
  • Pregnancy / psychology*
  • Sex*