Five Medical Treatment Stages of Infertility: Implications for Counselors
| Autor: | Deborah A. Gerrity |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
| Předmět: |
Infertility
Coping (psychology) Stress management Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050109 social psychology medicine.disease 050105 experimental psychology Social relation Distress Social support medicine Happiness Anxiety 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences medicine.symptom Psychology Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Clinical psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | The Family Journal. 9:140-150 |
| ISSN: | 1552-3950 1066-4807 |
| Popis: | Most research on infertility has not examined the psychological effect of the medical process over time. This study explored the marital happiness, state/trait anxiety, coping techniques, and types of support received for a national sample of men and women. The study supports the life crisis model for the subgroup of people with infertility who are White, middleto upper-class, well educated, and joiners of support groups. There were significant differences by gender for seeking social support, escape/avoidance, nondirective guidance, and positive social interaction and stage of medical treatment for marital happiness, state anxiety, self-control, and accepting responsibility. Counselors should be aware that medical treatment affects the distress level of the individual and couple and the types of coping used. Further implications for counselors are also discussed. |
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