Artha Vijnana: Journal of The Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics

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An Experiment to Gauge the Psychological Effects of Sterilization in a Rural Community in India


     

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In november of 1963 the writer gave the Rorschach Test and a modified form of the House-Tree-Person drawing test to one hundred married men from three rural villages near Poona in the State of Maharashtra, India. Fifty of these men had been sterilized; 50 had not. This project attempted to determine whether the vasectomy operation has any harmful psychological effects.
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In november of 1963 the writer gave the Rorschach Test and a modified form of the House-Tree-Person drawing test to one hundred married men from three rural villages near Poona in the State of Maharashtra, India. Fifty of these men had been sterilized; 50 had not. This project attempted to determine whether the vasectomy operation has any harmful psychological effects.


DOI: https://doi.org/10.21648/arthavij%2F1966%2Fv8%2Fi1%2F116863