The Effectiveness of Positive Thinking based Poetry Therapy on Infertility Stress and Psychological Well-Being in Infertile Women

Background: Infertility is global problem that leads to psychological complications. Studies show that the psychological damage caused by infertility is far greater in women that in men. Infertility reduces psychological well-being and causes infertility stress in infertile women. The objective of the present research was to determine the effectiveness of a positive thinking based poetry therapy on infertility stress and psychological well-being in infertile women. Methods: The quasi-experimental research design was pretest-posttest with a control group. The statistical population of this study included all infertile women. The sample size consisted of 46 women were selected by convenience sampling method. They were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups (n=23). The experimental group received the package of positive thinking based on poetry therapy which was compiled by the researchers, for 8 sessions of 90 minutes. Infertility stress questionnaire and psychological well-being scale were used to collect data. The data were analyzed using multivariate and univariate analysis of covariance through SPSS-22 software. Results: The results of multivariate and univariate analysis of covariance showed that positive thinking based poetry therapy had a positive and significant effect on improving infertility stress psychological and well-being in infertile women(p<0.05). Conclusion: According to the results of this research, it can be said that the change of mental attitude and emergence of positive emotions caused by the intervention of positive thinking based on poetry therapy improved the infertility stress and psychological well-being of infertile women.