Do Childfree People Regret It?

The Psychology Undergrad Podcast by The Psychology Student

Episode notes

A deep dive into the psychology, sociology, and developmental outcomes of voluntary childlessness—who chooses it (low agreeableness, high independence, secular), why the "selfish" label is scientifically backwards, and what a longitudinal study actually found when it asked older childfree adults if they regret it

psychology, voluntary childlessness, childfree, Big Five personality, agreeableness, independence, generativity, Erikson, marital satisfaction, fictive kin, fatherhood bonus, regret, developmental psychology, sociology, evolutionary psychology.