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Long‐Term Adjustment of Infertile Couples Following Unsuccessful Medical Intervention
Author(s) -
Daniluk Judith C.,
Tench Elizabeth
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2007.tb00448.x
Subject(s) - fertility , childlessness , coping (psychology) , psychology , life satisfaction , distress , clinical psychology , social support , self esteem , intervention (counseling) , longitudinal study , medicine , psychiatry , psychotherapist , population , environmental health , pathology
A 33‐month longitudinal study was conducted with 38 infertile couples making the transition to biological childlessness after unsuccessful fertility treatments. Changes in their levels of psychological distress; marital, sexual, and life satisfaction; and self‐esteem were examined. Increased self‐esteem and decreased sexual satisfaction were evident over time. Poorer adjustment was related to having none or few available options, little social support, poor emotional and physical health, and reliance on emotion‐focused coping. Participants who adopted demonstrated better adjustment.