Identifying by means of coping typologies and primary appraisal the likelihood of positive -hCG test results in women undergoing IVF treatment: a preliminary study | Zendy

Teresa Kirchner | Zendy; Daniel Masson | Zendy; María Forns | Zendy; Joana Peñarrubia | Zendy; Juan Balasch | Zendy

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Identifying by means of coping typologies and primary appraisal the likelihood of positive -hCG test results in women undergoing IVF treatment: a preliminary study

Author(s) -

Teresa Kirchner,

Daniel Masson,

María Forns,

Joana Peñarrubia,

Juan Balasch

Publication year - 2011

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/der028

Subject(s) - coping (psychology) , pregnancy , infertility , odds ratio , typology , medicine , confidence interval , psychology , obstetrics , clinical psychology , gynecology , history , genetics , archaeology , pathology , biology

At a psychological level, having to undergo IVF in order to be a mother may be appraised differently by women who start this treatment. These different forms of assessment can affect the pregnancy rates. The objective of this study was to determine whether psychological variables such as primary appraisal and coping typologies were associated with positive results in β-hCG pregnancy test after IVF.

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