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Spouse’S Coping Strategies Mediate the Relationship Between Women’S Coping Strategies and Their Psychological Health Among Infertile Couples Publisher Pubmed



Reisi M1 ; Kazemi A2 ; Abedi MR3 ; Nazarian N4
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Source: Scientific Reports Published:2023


Abstract

Social problems and suffering from the treatment process for infertile couples, especially for women, require the couples to cope with them to balance the infertility crisis. According to the close interactions of the couples with each other, the objective of the present study was to explore a theoretical framework for the relationships between women’s coping strategies, spouses’ coping strategies, and women’s psychological health in infertile couples who were candidates for assisted reproductive technology (ART). This cross-sectional study was carried out on 212 couples undergoing ART. The couples’ coping strategies were evaluated using a validated self-report questionnaire. The women’s psychological health was assessed using a 21-item stress, anxiety, and depression scale (DASS-21). Statistical analysis was performed using the plug-in application PROCESS macro for SPSS. The direct effect of the women’s self-blame and self-focused rumination strategies (p <.0001), and the indirect effect of the women’s self-blame on stress and depression by mediating spouses’ self-blame and self-focused rumination strategies, was significant. The indirect effect of the women’s self-focused rumination on the anxiety and depression levels by mediating spouses’ self-blame strategy was significant. The women’s self-blame and self-focused rumination strategies had a negative effect on the women’s psychological health who were undergoing ART. This negative effect was mediated by the spouse’s coping strategies. © 2023, The Author(s).
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