The question of the role of psychological factors in infertility was studied by comparing matched groups of infertile and fertile women attending gynecological clinics in the same medical facility. Conflicts over feminine identity, sex functions, and emotional maturity were explored by means of personal interviews and a variety of protective techniques. The results failed to differentiate significantly the infertile women from their controls in any of the areas investigated.HE ROLE of psychological factors in such sex functions as menstruation, coitus, pregnancy, and the menopause has been extensively explored, well established, and repeatedly summarized. 1 " 5 Therefore, one might expect that a woman's ability to conceive would also depend on psychosomatic balances both within and between the would-be par-