The second Indian Psychological Science Congress 2012, concluded at Govt PG College, Sector 46 today with a workshop on Choosing the Childfree or Parenting Lifestyle (CCOPL).

Dr Mudita Rastogi from Illinois University, Chicago (USA) conducted the workshop. More than 400 papers were presented at the congress in seven parallel sessions in the past two days, the proceedings of which will be published by the American Psychological Association. The APA will also publish selected studies from amongst those presented here.

Professor Mudita Rastogi said, "The goal of this workshop on 'Choosing the Childfree or Parenting Lifestyle' is to increase the quality of life for both childbearing couples and childfree couples by helping them to explore the congruence of their choice with their personalities and their lifestyle. It is to help couples who choose parenthood to prepare for the transition incorporating cultural and religious diversity."

Dr Roshan Lal, Director, National Association of Psychological Science (NAPS), said, "This workshop is an important part of the two-day event. I am proud to announce that for the first time NAPS has signed an agreement with American Psychological Association (APA) and it has agreed to publish the IPSC-2012 proceedings as well as the selected research papers presented during the congress."

Dr Rastogi, a registered marriage counselor in USA, has devised an intervention model for couples contemplating becoming parents, based on the research of Cowan and Cowan, 2000, regarding making the decision to become parents. The point of intervention is preventative rather than reactive. It is a primary intervention, in that it seeks to help couples to think through this important decision prior to becoming parents.

The goal of CCOPL includes increasing the quality of life for both childbearing couples and childfree couples by helping them to explore goodness of fit and congruence of their choice with their personalities and their lifestyle, and helping couples who choose parenthood to prepare for the transition and incorporating cultural and religious diversity.

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