Self-compassion training and psychological well-being of infertile female

Abstract

BackgroundThe empowerment of psychological well-being is an important and fundamental issue among infertile females.ObjectiveThe present study investigates the effect of teaching self-compassion on the psychological well-being of initial infertile women.Materials and Methods In this cross-sectional, quasi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test, 32 infertile women who were referred to the Yazd Reproductive Sciences Institute during 2016-2017 were enrolled. The participants were randomly divided in two groups as control and experiment (n = 16/each). The participants only in the experimental group received 8 sessions of 90 min training (Self-Compassion Training). Ryff's psychological well-being questionnaire was applied (reliability coefficient = 0.82) and covariance analysis statistical test was used to test the research hypothesis.ResultsThere was a significant difference between the estimated mean scores for improving the psychological well-being of the participants in the experiment and control groups (p = 0.007), and the difference indicates that 72.7% of the covariance of the post-test scores is due to self-compassion intervention. Therefore, the intervention of self-compassion training affects the improvement of psychological well-being among infertile women. Also, the pre-test variable is significant with the effect of 94.2% (p = 0.006).ConclusionThe findings showed that teaching self-compassion to initial infertile women has an effect on their psychological well-being.

The Relationships Between Self-compassion, Positive and Negative Affect, and Marital Quality in Infertile Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

“…Thirteen published articles were included in this research; all the articles were quantitative and published between 2000 and 2020. The included articles revealed a global standpoint on the relationship between selfcompassion, positive and negative affect, and marital quality in infertile women, including Iran [7][8][9][10][11] USA [5,[12][13][14][15], Portugal [16], China [4,17], and South Africa [18]. Most of the included studies used a cross-sectional research design.…”

“…There were no studies on the direct or indirect relationship between self-compassion, positive and negative affect, and marital quality in infertile women. Five of the examined studies focused on the relationship between infertility and self-compassion [5,7,9,14,16]. Four of the included studies focused on the relationship between infertility and positive and negative affect [4,5,10,14].…”

İnfertil Kadınların Öz Şefkat, Bilinçli Farkındalık ve Ruhsal Sağlıkları Arasındaki İlişki

“…Öz-şefkat aynı zamanda bir duygusal düzenleme stratejisi olarak kadınların infertilite nedeniyle kendini suçlama veya suçlanma duygularına karşı bir dayanıklılık biçimi olarak hizmet etmektedir (44).Bu dayanıklılığın kadınların ruhsal sağlık düzeyleri (özellikle depresyon ve anksiyete puanları) üzerindeki etkisi araştırmalarda bildirilmektedir (42,45,46). İnfertil kadınlarla yapılan deneysel bir çalışmada; öz-şefkat müdahale programının kadınların ruhsal sağlık parametreleri üzerinde etkisi belirlenmiştir (47). Bu çalışma sonuçlarına benzer şekilde öz-şefkatin psikolojik iyi oluş üzerindeki etkisini ortaya koyan çalışmalar da mevcuttur (43,48,49).…”

Relationship between self-compassion and psychological well-being with the mediating role of resilience in people with multiple sclerosis

“…A theoretical view supports the mediation of resilience, and it is believed that it is a source of protection against stress [ 53 ]. A medical perspective states that decreased negative emotions and increased self-compassion are linked to increased levels of oxytocin in the brain, which in turn reduces amygdala activity [ 54 ]. A person with MS with a high level of self-compassion has greater psychological well-being than one with a low level of self-compassion [ 55 ].…”