Perceived Partner’s Self-Control and Social Support Effects on Relationship Satisfaction in Couples Experiencing Infertility or Miscarriage: Dyadic Analyses

Abstract

The process that infertile couples and those after a miscarriage go through is unpredictable and difficult to control; therefore, it is associated with a lowered sense of control for both partners. Uncontrolled stress creates a higher level of anxiety, which is associated not only with a lower quality of life but also with worse results from infertility treatment and higher risks of miscarriage. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between the partner’s perceived self-control and marital satisfaction in the context of the partners’ coping strategies. The actor–partner interdependence model was applied to 90 heterosexual married couples. Our results show that men who perceive their wives as being more self-controlled and women who are perceived by their husbands as being more self-controlled feel more satisfied in their relationships. The effect of a partner’s perceived self-control on satisfaction with the relationship was weaker when controlled for the length of marriage. It also appeared to be moderated through the spouses’ use of social support. We conclude that the effects of the partner’s perceived self-control and social support are strong for marital satisfaction in the context of infertility and miscarriage.

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“…Strengthening positive dynamic interaction as mutual understanding and perceiving of needs through enriching the interpersonal relationships between couples with infertility increases the sense of belonging 29 . Understanding the feelings and social support from the spouse improves marital quality 30 and may reduce feelings of emptiness and unfulfilled life in couples with infertility.…”

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“…WHO defines infertility as "a disease of the male or female reproductive system defined by the failure to achieve a pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse" [97]. Childlessness is a medical ailment [110] that often instigates emotional, bodily, cerebral, religious, saintly, increased stress, depression, anxiety, and medical impairments among the sufferer; female partners remain considerably more likely to face these agonies and pain [111][112][113][114][115][116][117]. The inimitable characteristic of this medical disease enmeshed distressing both the case and the patient's connubial spouse as a couple with martial frustration; again, women are the principal victims [116,117].…”