Coping Processes of Couples Experiencing Infertility
This study explored the coping processes of couples experiencing infertility. Participants included 420 cou-ples referred for advanced reproductive treatments. Couples were divided into groups based on the frequency of their use of eight coping strategies. Findings suggest that coping processes, whi...
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Published in | Family relations Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 227 - 239 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Malden, USA
Blackwell Publishing Inc
01.04.2006
Blackwell Publishing National Council on Family Relations |
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Summary: | This study explored the coping processes of couples experiencing infertility. Participants included 420 cou-ples referred for advanced reproductive treatments. Couples were divided into groups based on the frequency of their use of eight coping strategies. Findings suggest that coping processes, which are beneficial to individuals, may be problematic for one's partner. Couples where men used high amounts of distancing, while their partner used low amounts of distancing, reported higher levels of distress when compared to couples in the other groups. Conversely, couples with women who used high amounts of self-controlling coping, when paired with men who used low amounts of self-controlling coping, reported higher levels of distress. Implications of study findings are discussed, and ideas for future research are proposed. |
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Bibliography: | istex:9AB25C63968F97CA594E39E44755083891796C52 ArticleID:FARE372 ark:/67375/WNG-30TRWLWZ-V ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 ObjectType-Article-2 ObjectType-Feature-1 |
ISSN: | 0197-6664 1741-3729 0197-6664 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2006.00372.x |