Self-esteem in crisis: Psychosocial adaptation and masculine identity among Chinese men with azoospermia

• Fangliang Zou ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Fangliang Zou, Jue Li, Yi Fang

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Major Obstetric Diseases, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Higher Education Joint Laboratory of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China

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• Jue Li ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Fangliang Zou, Jue Li, Yi Fang

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Center for Nursing Research, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8799-5941

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• Yi Fang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Fangliang Zou, Jue Li, Yi Fang

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Nursing, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

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• Jiliang Huang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Reproductive Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

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• Zikai Feng,

  Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8788-3659

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• Hang Shi,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Major Obstetric Diseases, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Higher Education Joint Laboratory of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China

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• Yu Lan,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Major Obstetric Diseases, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Higher Education Joint Laboratory of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China

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• Yang Zhang,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Major Obstetric Diseases, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Higher Education Joint Laboratory of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China

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• Ruiyun Chen,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Major Obstetric Diseases, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Higher Education Joint Laboratory of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China

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• Yanshan Lin

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: linyanshan2007@126.com

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Major Obstetric Diseases, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Higher Education Joint Laboratory of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China, Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2266-3778

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