OBJECTIVE To study infertility-related stress among men and women and to examine its relationship with the level of perceived social support. MATERIAL AND METHOD The Fertility Problem Inventory (FPI) and the Personal Resource Questionnaire (PRQ) were translated into Thai and used to assess the level of infertility-related stress and perceived social support, respectively, in 238 infertile sub...

Background: Infertility generates high levels of stress to women. The aim was explore optimism and resilience among women undergoing assisted reproductive technology (ART). Method: Participants were recruited in a private fertility clinic. sample consisted 229 under medical treatment for who completed the following self-report instruments: sociodemographic clinical questionnaire, Resilience Sca...

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 therap...

Background: Infertility is a stressful event in infertile couples' life that can cause severe psychological problems. A variety of approaches has been suggested to manage stress in these couples. This study addressed the effect of collaborative counseling on perceived infertility-related stress in infertile women undergoing IVF in 2010 in Mashhad, Iran. Materials and Methods: In this clini...

Title of Document: SELF-COMPASSION, HOPE, AND WELL-BEING OF WOMEN EXPERIENCING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY INFERTILITY: AN APPLICATION OF THE BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL MODEL Trisha Raque-Bogdan, Master of Arts, 2010 Directed By: Mary Ann Hoffman, Ph.D. Professor Department of Counseling and Personnel Services Infertility is a medical issue faced by 1 in 10 couples in the United States, and holds the potential ...

BACKGROUND Genital tract infections and obesity are both sources of oxidative stress. Alterations in immune and antioxidant parameters may arise from this or from an indeterminate autoimmune mechanism. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to investigate the association of Chlamydial infection, obesity and oxidative response with tubal infertility in Nigerian women. METHODS It was a case-control study...

Infertility has a remarkable global impact affecting approximately about 48 million couples worldwide. One of the most contended concerns in reproductive biology is prospective influence psychological stress on pregnancy rates. Individuals struggling to conceive face stupendous amount emotional turbulence and have greater risk for vulnerability. Both infertility reinforce each other; hence, the...

objective: the purpose of this study was to compare the relationship between spiritual growth and perceived stress with happiness, in infertile and  infertility women in tehran.   method: society is include all of fertile and infertile women who were referred to 25 infertility treatment centers  in tehran . of these centers, the laleh and avicenna infertility treatment centers selected randomly...