Relationship Satisfaction Among Infertile Couples: Implications of Gender and Self-Identification

Greil, Arthur L.; Slauson-Blevins, Kathleen S.; McQuillan, Julia; Lowry, Michele H.; Burch, Andrea; Shreffler, Karina M.

doi:10.1177/0192513x17699027

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“…For example, Peterson et al (2011) reported higher levels of marital benefit as a positive consequence of the infertility experience among women compared with their partners. A similar result was found by Greil et al (2018), who reported that women were more satisfied with their relationship than men, when neither partner self-identified as having a fertility problem. On the contrary, Lee and Sun (2000) found that women were less satisfied than their husbands with the couple relationship.…”

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“…This result is in line with a previous study (Yazdani et al, 2016) reporting the absence of any difference in marital adjustment between partners. Indeed, although other studies (Lee and Sun, 2000;Peterson et al, 2011;Greil et al, 2018) found gender differences within couples for relational wellbeing, it should be noted that these differences are in opposite directions, suggesting that they are not so clear-cut.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…Indeed, while some authors found that the infertility experience leads to a decrease in couple relationship and quality (Van Der Merwe and Greeff, 2015;Gana and Jakubowska, 2016), others reported that infertility does not reduce couple satisfaction and even increases it, strengthening the communication between partners (Monga et al, 2004;Schmidt et al, 2005;Amiri et al, 2016). This difference can be explained by methodological issues as well as the role of several variables in mediating or moderating the association between infertility and marital adjustment (Ghafouri et al, 2016;Pasha et al, 2017;Greil et al, 2018).…”

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Individual and Relational Well-Being at the Start of an ART Treatment: A Focus on Partners’ Gender Differences

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Infertility and ART treatments represent stressful experiences for the couples, impacting on the overall psychological well-being of partners as well as on their couple adjustment. Several variables were analyzed as risk factors for infertility-related distress. The impact of these experiences has been well-documented in both women and men, reporting important gender differences. The aim of this study was to assess gender differences in individual and relational well-being in infertile couples. Gender differences for psychological and medical variables predicting psychological distress were investigated. Two hundred and thirty couples who entered an ART program at a public hospital in Milan were recruited. Each partner completed the following scales: ScreenIVF, Dyadic Adjustment Scale, and Experience in Close Relationship Questionnaire. Findings revealed several gender differences with women reporting higher levels of both anxiety and depressive symptoms, anxiety and avoidance attachment, and helplessness, but lower levels of acceptance than men. Differences emerged also in factors predicting well-being: poor support predicted anxiety in men and depression in women. Furthermore, individual well-being was predicted only for men by attachment anxiety and previous treatment. Finally, in the women subsample, couple's adjustment was predicted by anxiety attachment, while in men predictors were helplessness and type of diagnosis. These results suggest the importance of implementing support interventions for couples which take into consideration the specific needs and fragility of each partner as well as focusing on enhancing a sense of partnership.

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“…In addition, actor and partner effects were identi ed. Previous studies have evaluated selfidenti cation and relationship satisfaction [20] as well as coping strategies and distress [21] among infertile couples using the APIM approach. However, this…”

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Effect of Resilience on Infertile Couples’ Quality of Life: An Actor–Partner Interdependence Model Approach

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2020

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BackgroundInfertility is an emerging socioeconomic issue affecting an individual’s life and the nation. However, only few studies have examined the influence of resilience on the quality of life (QoL) of spouses as actors and partners. Hence, this study aimed to analyze the influence of resilience, a positive factor that infertile couples may have, on QoL using the actor–partner interdependence model (APIM).MethodsBy the analyses of couples’ data, we analyzed the effect of resilience on the QoL of infertile couples as actors and partners. This cross-sectional study included 150 infertile couples. The Fertility Quality of Life and Resilience Scale was used to measure couples’ QoL and resilience. APIM was applied to analyze QoL.ResultsIn terms of actor effects, the resilience of both wives (β = 0.201, p < 0.001) and husbands (β = 0.713, p < 0.001) had a significant effect on individual QoL. With regard to partner effects, husbands’ resilience (β = 0.351, p < 0.001) had a significant impact on wives’ QoL and the wives’ resilience (β = 0.219, p = 0.009) had a significant impact on husbands’ QoL.ConclusionsThe resilience of an infertile actor was found to affect both his/her own QoL and his/her partner’s QoL. In the future, if a program is to be developed to improve couples’ QoL, both spouses should work together to improve their resilience, thereby improving their QoL.

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“…In general, different researchers have different opinions about the effect of infertility on couples' relationships. Some researchers believe that tolerating diagnosis and treatment of infertility causes couples to be more intimate, and they will feel closer to each other (18). While many researchers reported declining marital couples' performance as a result of infertility.…”

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Quality of Life among Infertile Couples in Gaza City, Palestine

Baloushah¹,

Barjasteh²,

Elsous³

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Background: Infertility is an important health problem affecting the quality of life accompanied by significant emotional and psychological consequences. Infertile couples living with emotional disturbances face challenges with less success of infertility treatment. Purposes: This study aimed to investigate the quality of life of infertile couples who seek In-Vitro Fertilizations (IVFs) by gender in Gaza city, Palestinian. Methods and materials: A cross sectional study was conducted, from Feb 2018 to Nov 2018, among 383 infertile couples selected through convenient sampling. A valid and reliable Arabic version of the fertility quality of life questionnaire (FertiQoL) was used in data collection. One way ANOVA and independent t-test was applied to compare between males and females. P value less than 0.05% was considered statistical significance. Results: The mean age of males and females was 34.54±8.54 and 29.28±6.71 years respectively. More than half of them had university degree (64% and 60% respectively). The mean duration of infertility of couples was 5.66±3.54 years. The mean males' scores of FertiQoL and its subscales (emotion, mind/body, social, core, tolerability and treatment) were significantly higher than females' scores (p<0.05). Conclusion: The males' total scores of FertiQoL and its subscales were higher than females' scores. The mean total of FertiQoL increased with better education, however, decreased with increase of age, duration of marriage, duration of infertility and number of IVF attempts. Psychological assessment and Counseling are necessary for infertile women taking into considerations factors affecting their QoL.

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Relationship Satisfaction Among Infertile Couples: Implications of Gender and Self-Identification

Cited by 28 publications

References 76 publications

Individual and Relational Well-Being at the Start of an ART Treatment: A Focus on Partners’ Gender Differences

Individual and Relational Well-Being at the Start of an ART Treatment: A Focus on Partners’ Gender Differences

Effect of Resilience on Infertile Couples’ Quality of Life: An Actor–Partner Interdependence Model Approach

Quality of Life among Infertile Couples in Gaza City, Palestine

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