بررسي رابطه روشهاي مقابله اي با ويژگيهاي فردي و سلامت رواني در زوجهاي نابارور مراجعه كننده به مراكز ناباروري يزد

A study on the relation of coping strategies with personal characteristics and mental health in infertile couples referred to Yazd Infertility Center

This survey was preformed to study the relation of coping strategies with personal characteristics and mental health in infertile couples who were referred to the infertity center of Yazd. Three hundred fifty eight individuals (205 women and 153 of their husbands) were included in this survery who had been referred to this center for assissted reproductive technology (ART). The tools used for gathering data included personal questionnairesy coping strategiesʹ scale and SCL90-R mental health questionnaires. Results of the survey show that there are differences in using some coping strategies between men and women. Women used less effective strategies more frequently than men rind there was a meaningful relation (p<0.05) between coping strategies and some characteristics as age, job, educational level, type of infertility, personality types, and so on. The results also demonstrated a meaningful relation between coping strategies and mental health so that using religious coping strategies, active coping, planned coping, avoiding hasty confrontation with problems, positive reappraisal was correlated with better mental health while using denial, sentimental thinking and emphasis, negative and wishful thinking was correlated with lower mental health (p<0.0001). Finally the results showed that women were more vulnerable to infertility problems than men and experienced more psychologic stresses.