جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « infertility » در نشریات گروه « روانشناسی »

The aim of this study was to compare the quality of satisfactory stable marriage and dissatisfaction-associated marriages in infertile couples.

This study was conducted using a qualitative method using the grounded theory method. Using purposeful sampling method, participants were selected according to inclusion criteria and finally 18 infertile couples with satisfactory and stable marriage and 15 infertile couples in marriage with dissatisfaction were interviewed semi-structured and the data were analyzed using Colaizzi's method.

The result of open coding was reaching 202 primary codes, 84 sub-categories and 8 main categories and one central category. The central issue in this study is infertility: a dynamic for experiencing genuine and committed love in marriage or its dissatisfaction and disintegration. Data analysis showed that protective and risk factors affecting satisfactory stable marriage and couples with dissatisfaction were defined in three areas of intrapersonal factors, interpersonal and couple factors and factors related to family system.

According to the results of this study, achieving acceptance of infertility and the experience of genuine and committed love in marriage or its dissatisfaction and collapse is not accidental in infertile couples, but by choosing constructive and active action or using ineffective strategies created and is an individual, family and interactive process that infertile couples can make with conscious efforts to grow and transcend marriage and take care of it, companionship, couple unity and acquisition. Couple skills and efficient strategies for health and happiness and finally gain satisfaction and stability in marriage and prevent dissatisfaction and breakdown of their marriage.

Based on the large number of infertile couples and their family, personal, social, etc. problems, this research was conducted with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of two emotion-oriented approaches and schema therapy, the intervention of two effective approaches on control and life satisfaction of infertile women. The research method was semi-experimental, which was implemented with two experimental groups, a pre-test-post-test design and a control group with a one-month follow-up. From the statistical population of infertile women in Milad Infertility Center of Mashhad, 45 people were selected as available and were randomly selected in three groups of 15 people. The instrument used in this research was the control questionnaire and the life satisfaction questionnaire of Diener answered in the pre-test. Then, each of the experimental groups participated in eight 90-minute sessions with an emotion-oriented approach and schema therapy, and the control group did not receive any intervention. After the meeting, the questionnaires were answered again. The data were analyzed using SPSS-26 software and covariance analysis method. The findings of the research showed that in the post-test and follow-up stages, there is a significant difference between the experimental groups, the emotion-oriented approach and the schema-therapy approach with the control group. The results of repeated measurement analysis showed that both emotion-oriented therapy and schema therapy are effective in increasing life satisfaction and reducing control (p < 0.001). paired results showed the effectiveness of the schema therapy approach the emotion-oriented approach has had a greater effect on women's control and the emotion-oriented approach has worked better on life satisfaction.

The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy and schema therapy on sexual dysfunction in infertile women.

The research method was quasi-experimental with pre-test, post-test design and follow-up with experimental and control groups. The study population was all infertile women referred to infertility centers in Sari in the first 6 months of 2019. The sample consisted of 60 people who were selected by purposive sampling method and randomly assigned to three groups of cognitive-behavioral therapy (20 people), schema therapy (20 people) and control (20 people). The first experimental group received cognitive-behavioral therapy (Becky, Owen and Wright, 2019) and the second experimental group received Young Schematic Therapy (2006) in 8 sessions of 90 minutes. The research instruments were Rosen et al.'s (2000) Sexual Performance Index Questionnaire. Data were analyzed by repeated measures analysis of variance using SPSS-22 software.

The results showed that cognitive-behavioral therapy and schema therapy improved sexual dysfunction and subscales of sexual desire (F=12.86, P<0.001), psychological stimulation (F=22.65, P<0.001), moisture (F= 24.84, P<0.001), orgasm (F=16.14, P<0.001), satisfaction (F= 21.23, P<0.001) and sexual pain (F=78.35, P<0.001) has been infertile in women. But there was no significant difference between the effects of these two methods on sexual dysfunction in infertile women (P>0.05).

It can be concluded that cognitive-behavioral therapy and schema therapy are effective in improving sexual dysfunction in infertile women.

The World Health Organization has mentioned infertility as a public health problem that can lead to depression, anxiety, social exclusion, and sexual disorders. This biological, psychological, and social crisis creates a defective cycle that weakens fertility and causes dysfunction in sexual performance and satisfaction. But do infertile couples in Tehran also experience such quality experiences in life?

The aim of this study was to investigate the phenomenon of infertility experience and the impact of this event on the marital quality of life in couples.

The research method was qualitative and phenomenological. It tried to examine and discover the lived experience of infertile couples by entering the phenomenological world. The population of the present study consisted of all couples with infertility experience who were referred to Royan Research Institute in 1400. The sampling method was purposeful according to most qualitative schemes in order to have phenomenological information, and the researcher based the obtained data on 15 Analyzed the Colaizzi method. The validity of the findings was confirmed by the re-coding method by expert professors.

Analyzing and coding the cognitive phenomenon by Colaizzi method, identified 36 sub-categories and according to their similarity and semantic similarity, in 7 main concepts including the couple and social suffering from child-free life, intellectual and emotional issues in the treatment path, suggestion of Divorce or polygamy, lack of empathy and compatibility of those around the couple, isolation and apathy of the couple, increase in anxiety and stress of the couple, decrease in the quality of the marital relationship, decrease in the financial security of the couple are categorized.

The results showed that the phenomenon of infertility, in line with previous research, is associated with a noticeable decrease in the marital quality of life in couples in Tehran city and has created important issues, including the possibility of separation and divorce, coldness of relationships, decreased motivation, intellectual, emotional and social challenges, which are necessarily paying attention to the reduction of these cases is felt in order to increase the marital quality of life in these couples.

Sexual dysfunction is one of the complications of infertility treatment and is often overlooked in the care of women with infertility. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of self-centered compassion therapy on depression, anxiety and sexual satisfaction in patients. The woman was infertile.

This study was a clinical trial study. Fifty-two women with infertility who had sexual dysfunction and referred to the infertility ward of Imam Hossein Hospital in Tehran province from June to September 1400 were selected by purposive sampling. Then they were randomly assigned to the experimental group (under self-centered compassion therapy) (n = 26) and the control group (n = 26). Data collection tools Standard Questionnaire of Sexual Issues (MSQ) Snell and Fisher Walters (1993) were collected in three baseline stages, after intervention and quarterly follow-up. Data analysis was performed using repeated measures multivariate repeated measures analysis of variance.

The results showed that in the group under self-centered compassion therapy, the mean score of sexual anxiety and depression as well as sexual satisfaction in the experimental group decreased and increased significantly compared to the control group (P <0.001).

The results of this study showed that self-centered compassion therapy can be effective in improving sexual anxiety and depression as well as sexual satisfaction in women with infertility.

Infertility and lack of reproduction of spouses is one of the important reasons for increasing marital conflicts and reducing sexual intimacy between couples. Among the third wave of psychology therapies is acceptance, commitment, and compassion therapy, which helps people deal with the issues in their lives in a proper way. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of acceptance and commitment based therapy and compassion based treatment on marital conflicts and sexual intimacy of infertile couples in Kermanshah. This research is a quasi-experimental type. The statistical population of the present study includes all infertile couples in Kermanshah who have referred to the infertility treatment clinics of Motazedi Hospital in Kermanshah annually and have shown the available type using pre-test, post-test design with control group and sampling method. It is found that couple therapy based on acceptance and commitment and couple therapy based on compassion at a significant level (p≤0.01) has been effective in increasing sexual intimacy. Also, at a significant level (p≤0.01), comparing the difference between the mean effectiveness of commitment therapy based on commitment and acceptance and couple therapy based on compassion, did not show a significant effect on marital conflicts.

One of the important problems in today's modern society is infertility. Its therapeutic process may challenge the relationships and the foundation of the family. therefore, the present research studies those infertility families which passed the treatment process and analyses their psychological encounter to the fertility issue as well as the effects of the treatment process on couples' relationships. Accordingly, we analyzed the interviews, report 13, with the couples who had children after the treatment using the Grounded Theory and Glazier Approach in two real and theoretical coding based on a sign-concept model. The results show that individual and mutual feelings facing infertility are in accord with Scarification, shared path, to be sacrificed, which the Looking Glass Self matter shows such mental health. However, the couple's relationship during the treatment process shows a more compatible situation, taking advantage of the threads, keeping norms, taking control of the situation, and a brief note to having weak control of the situation which the Coexistence Under Crisis Circumstances restates the matter in accord with the subject. In the end, from the two mentioned matters the Construction of family relationships in infertile families phenomena was made. The result is that depending on individual perceptions and re-reading of each other's feelings about the infertility situation, couples either experience emotional coldness or become more interested in their spouse.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching the positive thinking based on belief to good on life satisfaction and hope of infertile women. In this quasi-experimental research with pre-test post-test design with control group, 30 infertile women who referred to infertility clinics in Mashhad in 1398, were selected by available sampling method and divided into experiments and control groups (each group 15 people). The research tools include the satisfaction with life scale (SWLS) and Snyder's Hope Scale. Teaching the positive thinking based on belief to good sessions were conducted in eight sessions for the experimental group. Questionnaires were completed before and after training in both groups. In order to evaluate the duration of the training, one month after the training, both groups were tested again. The results of repeated measures analysis of variance showed that life satisfaction and hope in the experimental group increased significantly compared to the control group (p <0.01), and these results continued up to one month after the intervention. Therefore, positive thinking based on belief to good training is an effective way to increase life satisfaction and hope in infertile women.

The aim of this study was to investigate and determine the marital challenges of infertile couples.

The research method of the present study is a qualitative method with a phenomenological approach. The scope of research includes infertile men and women who have referred to the Royan Research Institute and the Office of Social Welfare and Family Counseling for advanced infertility treatment. The researcher paid by purposive sampling method and by semi-structured interviews with 15 couples and analyzed the obtained data based on the practical method of collage.

The results of the present study, by examining and classifying the descriptive codes obtained from the interview texts, identified 27 sub-categories and due to their similarity and semantic similarity, in 6 main concepts including: challenges in decision making and acceptance of treatment, challenges related to actions and Reactions of family and others include concerns about cultural and social rejection and religious concerns, concerns about the possibility of physical, mental and behavioral defects of the child, challenges affecting cohabitation and economic challenges of infertility treatment.

The extracted themes showed that infertility can affect the entire life of an infertile couple. Wider use of midwifery and psychological counseling services for infertile couples and those around them in infertility treatment centers seems to be helpful for these couples.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of acceptance and commitment therapy on perceived stress, psychosomatic symptoms and emotional distress in women undergoing IVF infertility treatment.

The method of this research is quasi-experimental and is a pretest-posttest design with a control group. The statistical population in this study included women undergoing IVF infertility treatment who referred to infertility treatment centers and clinics in Tehran in 2019. Cohen's table was used to determine the sample size. According to this table, with an effect size of 0.5 and a power of 0.76 with an alpha of 0.05, the sample size of 30people was estimated and the available sampling method was selected, in which 15 people were randomly assigned in each group (experimental and control). Cohen et al.'s Perceived Stress Questionnaire (1983), Lovibond & Lovibond LacourtAnxiety, Stress and Depression (1995), Lacourt Psychosomatic Symptoms (2013), and Acceptance and Practice Version II (2011) were used to collect information in two stages: pre-test and post-test. The experimental group underwent acceptance and commitment group therapy Based on Hayes therapy package (2002), in 8 sessions of 90 minutes, while the control group did not receive any intervention. SPSS-22 software was used to evaluate the results.

The results of repeated-measures analysis of variance showed that acceptance and commitment based therapy is effective in reducing perceived stress, psychosomatic symptoms and emotional distress in women undergoing IVF infertility treatment (P <0.001). Also, the results were stable in the follow-up phase.

It is recommended that therapists and counselors of infertility treatment centers use acceptance and commitment therapy in infertility clinics to reduce the needs and psychological problems of infertile women undergoing IVF treatment.

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between perceived stress and sexual satisfaction and marital adjustment in couples undergoing infertility treatment in Tehran in 2021. The research method was applied based on the purpose and descriptive-correlation in terms of data collection. The statistical population included all couples undergoing infertility treatment who in the first 4 months of 1400 had referred to Amin Infertility Center located in Tehran, of which 170 people were considered as the sample size using the available sampling method. Data collection method was based on three standard questionnaires of perceived stress Cohen et al. (1983), Larson sexual satisfaction (1998) and Spanier (1976) marital adjustment. The reliability of this questionnaire was obtained using Cronbach's alpha method for all dimensions of the questionnaire more than 0.7, which showed the appropriate reliability of the research tool. To calculate the validity, the validity of content and structure was used, and the results indicated the validity of the research tool. Data analysis was performed from the questionnaires through SPSS24 software in two descriptive and inferential sections (Pearson correlation coefficient test and linear regression test). The results of data analysis showed that perceived stress with marital adjustment and its components (marital adjustment, mutual solidarity, mutual agreement, expression of love) and sexual satisfaction and its components (sexual satisfaction, sexual attitude, quality of sexual life and sexual adjustment) It has a negative and significant relationship. This means that with the reduction of perceived stress, marital adjustment and its components, as well as sexual satisfaction and its components increase.

According to the academic literature,infertility is a feeling of helplessness thataffects the general Psychological health inwomen. Psychoanalytic theories believethat infertility is a defensive response toambivalent feelings about maternity andindividual goals. This research aims toinvestigate the discriminating power ofwork family conflicts questionnaire andDefensive Styles Questionnaire (DSQ) ininfertile and fertile women. Work family conflicts questionnaire andDSQ, were administered on a sample of47 working infertile women (52.8%) inNovin infertility clinic and 42 (47.2%)fertile women. Discriminant functionanalysis result showed that 67.7% ofsamples can be differentiated accordingthese two variables (Wilks’ Lambda=0.85, X2= 10.14, p<0.05). Results showedthat infertile women, compared to fertileones have more conflicts and more defensivemechanisms. According to psychoanalytictheories these results can beexplained as psychological suppression offertility. Intolerance of ambivalence andconflict between career goals and desiresfor parenthood has a psychologicalsuppressing impact in fertility.

Due to the cultural and social context of Iranian society, infertility has profound effects on many aspects of people suffe-ring from this condition. In this study, by adopting a qualitative approach and phen-omenological analysis method, dimen-sions of infertility experience and coping strategies in women and men referred to Yazd Reproductive Sciences Institute are analyzed. 
Participants in this study are 32 infertile men and women who were selected by purposive sampling. In this study, two main themes of "infertility is a central issue and needs comprehensive support" and "infertility is a negative event in the life cycle and somewhat acceptable and insignificant" for infertile men and women, respectively, were analyzed by conducting interviews and analyzing them afterward. According to the findings childbearing is considered a manifestation of gender identity. For women, the home environment is full of silence, fear and worry, the husband's family environment is stressful and frustrating. They are always at the forefront of treatment and insist on repeating it. By accepting infert-ility as a problem, constantly seeking tr-eatment, appreciation, being in child-centered environments, and paying attent-ion to children, they try to cope with it. Men consider children as part of their identity and the continuity of generation and family name. Seeking treatment is often unpleasant for them. To get rid of the consequences of infertility, they use strategies such as denial, downplaying infertility, ignoring the opinions of others, and focusing on work and activity. This study showed that in addition to the therapeutic and medical aspects of infertility, various emotional, social, cult-ural, communication, cognitive and eco-nomic aspects of infertility also need attention.

This study was aimed at determining the effectiveness of meaning therapy on the level of happiness and loneliness of the infertile spouses of disabled veterans. The study population included all the infertile spouses of the disabled veterans who had referred to the gynecology and obstetrics ward of Sasan Hospital in Tehran (n = 800 people). To determine the sample size according to Krejcie Morgan’s table (1972), at first 260 people were randomly selected, and they answered the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (2001) and the California Loneliness Scale (1980). From among them, 30 people who had obtained the desired scores in both questionnaires were randomly selected and then divided into an experimental group (n = 15) and a control group ((n = 15). The subjects in the experimental group received twelve ninety-minute sessions of meaning therapy while the control group did not receive any treatment. The obtained results were analyzed using MANCOVA statistical index, and it was revealed that the effect of meaning therapy on happiness and loneliness was significant at p < 0.1 level. Therefore, it was concluded that meaning therapy is effective in increasing the happiness and reducing the feeling of loneliness in the infertile spouses of disabled veterans.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the casual relationship between stigma infertility and psychological distress with quality of marital relationship, as well as the indirect relationship through meta-emotion in infertile women. The statistical population of this study was all infertile women referred to Ahwaz University Jihad Infertility Center during the months of September to November 2018 that among them, 170 were selected by purposeful sampling. In this research, the subjects completed Faye Infertility Questionnaire (2014), Kessler's psychological Distress Questionnaire (2003), Gloomborg-Right Marital Status Questionnaire (GRIMS-1988) and meta-emotion Mitmensgarre et al. (2009). The analysis was based on modeling Structural equations were obtained. The results of modeling the structural equations the fitness of the proposed model were supported by data. The result showed the effect of stigma infertility on quality of marital relationship, positive meta-emotion and negative meta-emotion and effect of psychological distress on negative meta-emotion, as well as effect of positive meta-emotion and negative meta-emotion on quality of marital relationship and indirect effect of stigma infertility and psychological distress through. positive meta-emotion and negative meta-emotion on quality of marital relationship (p<0/05). However, the direct path of psychological distress with quality of marital relationship and positive meta-emotion were not confirmed and the final model was removed. Based on results meta-emostion Based on the results, meta-emotion can be effective in controlling and managing the negative emotions caused by infertility and the resulting psychological distress and ultimately leads to improved quality of marital relationship.

Infertility as a threat to reproduction and survival experience provides related stress for infertile couples. Since stress is the ability to activate the attachment, infertility and stress reactions may affect the to adapt of infertile couples. The present study was aimed to investigate prediction between attachment styles and adjustment to infertility. This end, A total of 192 infertile women referred to the Infertility treatment clinic at Royan Institute participated in this study. Participants were asked to complete demographic information questionnaire, Adjustment to Illness Scale (AIS) and Adult Attachment Inventory (AAI). Correlation was used to test the hypothesize. The results indicated significant positive correlations between secure attachment styles with adjustment to infertility and the significant negative correlations between insecure attachment styles with adjustment to infertility. Based on the results of the present study, it can be concluded that attachment styles revealed correlation with adjustment to infertility. we can conclude secure attachment and insecure are effective on adjustment infertility And attachment-based therapy will be effective in adjustment of peaple with stressful experience.