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At a Loss for Words : = Using Performance to Explain How Friends Communicate About Infertility.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	At a Loss for Words :/
Reminder of title:	Using Performance to Explain How Friends Communicate About Infertility.
Author:	Binion, Kelsey Elizabeth.
Description:	1 online resource (217 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-01, Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International85-01B.
Subject:	Communication. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=30521978click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9798379795771

At a Loss for Words : = Using Performance to Explain How Friends Communicate About Infertility.
Binion, Kelsey Elizabeth.

At a Loss for Words :Using Performance to Explain How Friends Communicate About Infertility. - 1 online resource (217 pages)

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-01, Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, 2023.

Includes bibliographical references

In the United States, approximately one in five women are unable to get pregnant after one year of trying. Due to the pervasiveness of pronatalism in Western society, having a child is widely assumed to be a natural and expected part of womanhood. Society's master narratives reinforce these ideals and stigmatize the experiences of women who have infertility. This multi-phase research study examined how women discuss their infertility journey with their friends. The study's aims were to understand friendships within the context of infertility, how the relationship affects a woman's identity, and the communicative behaviors used in conversations. Fifteen interviews were conducted with women who experienced or are experiencing infertility and had discussed their past or current challenges with a friend. Results of a phronetic iterative analysis suggested that women who have personal experience with infertility (a) disclose to close/best friends, (b) communicate their identity as "broken," (c) desire emotional support, and (d) strategically navigate conversations as they encounter positive and negative messages. These results were transformed into a performance, which included six monologues and a talkback. The purpose of the arts-based methodology was to disseminate results and assess the performance's impact. Seventy-three individuals attended one of the two performances in April 2023, and 50 attendees completed the post-performance evaluation. The quantitative results suggest that attendees felt informed about the complexities of infertility, gained a new perspective, received advice about how to have future conversations, and did not feel offended by the content. Through a thematic analysis, four themes emerged from the two talkback sessions and evaluation comments: being informed about infertility as a health condition, appreciating the theatrical format to learn, connecting to the performance to understand the illness experience, and feeling comfortable navigating conversations about infertility. Despite the variance in infertility experiences, friends are essential social support figures as women navigate infertility, and there are best practices when having a conversation, as demonstrated in the performance. This study's implications include providing communication strategies to support women with infertility and recognizing that an arts-based methodology can highlight counterstories, inform about a stigmatized health issue, and engage the community.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2023

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9798379795771Subjects--Topical Terms:

524709
Communication.
Subjects--Index Terms:

DisclosureIndex Terms--Genre/Form:

542853
Electronic books.

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