Social and Psychological Consequences of Infertilityamong Women in Iran

The goal of this article is to study the social and psychological consequences ofinfertility among women, to determine the tension sources and theconsequences of infertility among women, awareness of the couples about thisproblem, determining the psychological and social factors, determiningcompeting strategies for the compatibility of the infertile women and theirhusbands with regards to this problem. The conceptual framework of theresearch will be designed with the use of social and psychological theories.Aself-report questionnaire, applied in the survey form, was used to collect therequired data. The self-reported data was obtained through questionnaire from asample of about 400 of the couples Fars and Yazd province (twoprovinces ofIran), who have referred to infertility centers in these provinces. One-wayanalysis of variance and matrix correlationwere the statistical techniques used inthe data analysis.The findings show education of couples, cooperation amongcouples and the tolerance of difficulties help adaptation to this difficulty andsolving the problems.