OBJECTIVE: To test a theoretical model of the effect on marital communication and adjustment of men's and women's approach to infertility. DESIGN: A cross-sectional research design involving interviews, questionnaires, and a marital discussion task. SETTING: Volunteers from practices of fertility specialists. PATIENT(S): Forty-eight couples currently seeking infertility treatment. INTERVENTION(S): None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Quality of marital communication during a marital discussion task and effect of infertility on the marriage. RESULT(S): Having children was more important to wives than husbands; wives were more involved in trying to have a baby, wanted to talk with their partner more about trying to have a baby, and experienced a greater loss of self-esteem than did their husbands. To the extent that husbands saw having children as important, were involved in trying to have a baby, or wanted to talk with their wives about trying to have a baby, the quality of marital communication when discussing infertility was less negative, and in turn, wives perceived a more positive effect of infertility on their marriage. CONCLUSION(S): Increases in husbands' interest and involvement in fertility treatment may lead to positive changes in couple communication about infertility and to a more positive effect of infertility on the marriage.
OBJECTIVE: To test a theoretical model of the effect on marital communication and adjustment of men's and women's approach to infertility. DESIGN: A cross-sectional research design involving interviews, questionnaires, and a marital discussion task. SETTING: Volunteers from practices of fertility specialists. PATIENT(S): Forty-eight couples currently seeking infertility treatment. INTERVENTION(S): None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Quality of marital communication during a marital discussion task and effect of infertility on the marriage. RESULT(S): Having children was more important to wives than husbands; wives were more involved in trying to have a baby, wanted to talk with their partner more about trying to have a baby, and experienced a greater loss of self-esteem than did their husbands. To the extent that husbands saw having children as important, were involved in trying to have a baby, or wanted to talk with their wives about trying to have a baby, the quality of marital communication when discussing infertility was less negative, and in turn, wives perceived a more positive effect of infertility on their marriage. CONCLUSION(S): Increases in husbands' interest and involvement in fertility treatment may lead to positive changes in couple communication about infertility and to a more positive effect of infertility on the marriage.
Authors: R Anguzu; R Cusatis; N Fergestrom; A Cooper; K D Schoyer; J B Davis; J Sandlow; K E Flynn Journal: Hum Reprod Date: 2020-03-27 Impact factor: 6.918
Authors: Mohammad Hossein Baghiani Moghadam; Amir Hosein Aminian; Ali Mohammad Abdoli; Najmeh Seighal; Hosein Falahzadeh; Nasrin Ghasemi Journal: Iran J Reprod Med Date: 2011