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The psychological adjustment of women experiencing infertility
Author(s) -
Callan Victor J.,
Hennessey John F.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
british journal of medical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.102
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 2044-8341
pISSN - 0007-1129
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8341.1988.tb02772.x
Subject(s) - infertility , psychology , life satisfaction , clinical psychology , gynecology , medicine , psychotherapist , pregnancy , genetics , biology
A comparison of 53 infertile women and 24 mothers who now experienced infertility revealed that infertile women reported less satisfaction with their lives as a whole. In contrast to mothers they rated life as less interesting, less rewarding, emptier, more lonely and they were less content.