From: Living with singleness: needs and concerns of never-married women over 35
Subcategories | Categories | Themes |
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Need for a companion | Lack of emotional support | Mental-spiritual lack |
Need to love and be loved | ||
Striving to be a mother | ||
Fear of permanent celibacy | Uncertain future | |
Fear of unsuccessful marriage in the future | ||
Fear of being an imposition on family members | ||
Psychological insecurity | Mental rumination | |
Incessant never-ending despair | ||
Feeling guilty | ||
Incessant continuous regret | ||
Concerns if meeting sexual needs | Sexual worries | |
Forced to ignore sexual needs | ||
Stigma of being single | Adverse effect of culture | Reform of culture and society |
Stereotypical thinking of people | ||
Failure to provide reproductive health services without judgment | ||
Need to set up partner-finding agencies for singles | Being overlooked in society | |
Need for skills to live alone | ||
Need for financial support | ||
Fear of aging due to disability | Aging and loneliness | Loneliness arising from disability |
Fear of losing fertility | ||
Fear of emerging diseases | Sickness and loneliness | |
Fear of diseases without a supporter |