The longitudinal impact of partner coping in couples following 5 years of unsuccessful fertility treatments
Autor: | Lone Schmidt, Brennan D. Peterson, Ulla Christensen, J. Block, Jacky Boivin, Matthew Pirritano |
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Rok vydání: | 2009 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male Infertility Coping (psychology) medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Reproductive Techniques Assisted Denmark media_common.quotation_subject Fertility Interpersonal relationship Adaptation Psychological medicine Humans Interpersonal Relations Marriage media_common Gynecology Family Characteristics Rehabilitation Multilevel model Avoidance coping Obstetrics and Gynecology Middle Aged medicine.disease Mental health Distress Reproductive Medicine Female Psychology Stress Psychological Clinical psychology |
Zdroj: | Human Reproduction. 24:1656-1664 |
ISSN: | 1460-2350 0268-1161 |
Popis: | BACKGROUND Because there is a lack of longitudinal research examining the impact of partner coping in couples experiencing infertility, we know very little about the long-term nature of coping with infertility and how partner coping strategies impact personal, marital and social distress. METHODS Participants were Danish men and women about to start a cycle of assisted reproduction treatment who were followed for a 5 year period of unsuccessful treatments. Multilevel modeling using the actor–partner interdependence model was used to examine the couple as the unit of analysis. RESULTS Active and passive avoidance coping strategies were significantly related to increased personal, marital and social distress at the individual and partner level. Meaning-based coping strategies were related to decreases in a woman’s individual distress and her partner’s marital distress. CONCLUSIONS Partner coping strategies have a significant impact on the other member of the couple over time in men and women undergoing infertility treatments over a 5 year period. Physicians and mental health professionals can educate men and women regarding the ineffectiveness of avoidance coping strategies as well as the beneficial nature of finding new meaning and life goals while experiencing the stress of infertility. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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