The research aims to explore the impact of the law for assisted reproduction enactment and the subsequent referendum on the public perception of infertility in Italy. There is a circular relationship between culture and laws, as the laws are the product of a culture and at the same time the element able to promote a cultural change. To explore the culture of infertility and its evolution all the articles of two of the most read Italian newspapers have been collected between 2000 and 2014 (n=731). The corpus (360.345 words) underwent text analysis (multivariate analysis) trough T-Lab software that produced clusters and factors highlighting the public perception of infertility. Results show that infertility is culturally perceived in terms of issues and solutions in medical and social contexts. That is, the diagnosis and the therapy of the illness in medical context, the definition of the social problem and the research of an agreement between political, religious and scientific institutions in the social context. The difficulty to deal with infertility in its complexity leads to forget the relational relevance of the emotional experience of infertile parents. The law enactment removes the focus from the relational issue reinforcing the one on medical technique.
THE ASSISTED REPRODUCTION LAW AND THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF INFERTILITY IN ITALY / Cordella, Barbara; Greco, Francesca; Carlini, Katia; Greco, Alessia. - In: MEDITERRANEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 2282-1619. - ELETTRONICO. - Supp. 4/2 A:(2016), pp. 74-74. (Intervento presentato al convegno XVIII Congresso Nazionale della Sezione di Psicologia clinica e dinamica dell’AIP tenutosi a Roma nel 16/18 settembre 2016).
THE ASSISTED REPRODUCTION LAW AND THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF INFERTILITY IN ITALY
CORDELLA, BARBARA;GRECO, FRANCESCA;CARLINI, KATIA;GRECO, ALESSIA
2016
Abstract
The research aims to explore the impact of the law for assisted reproduction enactment and the subsequent referendum on the public perception of infertility in Italy. There is a circular relationship between culture and laws, as the laws are the product of a culture and at the same time the element able to promote a cultural change. To explore the culture of infertility and its evolution all the articles of two of the most read Italian newspapers have been collected between 2000 and 2014 (n=731). The corpus (360.345 words) underwent text analysis (multivariate analysis) trough T-Lab software that produced clusters and factors highlighting the public perception of infertility. Results show that infertility is culturally perceived in terms of issues and solutions in medical and social contexts. That is, the diagnosis and the therapy of the illness in medical context, the definition of the social problem and the research of an agreement between political, religious and scientific institutions in the social context. The difficulty to deal with infertility in its complexity leads to forget the relational relevance of the emotional experience of infertile parents. The law enactment removes the focus from the relational issue reinforcing the one on medical technique.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
