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Definite involuntary childlessness: associations between coping, social support and psychological distress

Author(s) -

Lilian Lechner,

Catherine Bolman,

Ankie van Dalen

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

human reproduction

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446

H-Index - 226

eISSN - 1460-2350

pISSN - 0268-1161

DOI - 10.1093/humrep/del327

Subject(s) - coping (psychology) , social support , distress , psychology , anxiety , clinical psychology , grief , childlessness , population , psychiatry , avoidance coping , mental health , medicine , psychotherapist , fertility , environmental health

Around 4% of all couples remain involuntarily childless. These people often experience insufficient social support, which further aggravates the distress symptoms such as physical health problems, anxiety, depression and complicated grief. This study investigates the association of coping style and the degree of satisfaction regarding social support from primary support groups with distress symptoms of involuntarily childless individuals.

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