The stress and distress of infertility: Does religion help women cope?

Domar, Alice D.; Penzias, Alan S.; Dusek, Jeffery A.; Magna, Amora; Merarim, Dalia; Nielsen, Barbara; Paul, Debika

doi:10.1016/j.sram.2005.09.007

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“…It can affect their partnership, their sex life, their relationships with family and friends, their financial stability, their career, and even their relationship with God (18). The resultant symptoms of anxiety and depression can pose challenges not only for the patient, but also for the entire infertility health care team.…”

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Creating a collaborative model of mental health counseling for the future

Domar

2015

Fertility and Sterility

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Infertility patients report high levels of anxiety and depressive symptoms, leading to a variety of challenges for the health care team. These include the impact of patient distress on nurses and physicians, patient treatment termination, and potentially lower pregnancy rates. Integrating a mental health professional into the infertility treatment team has the potential to lower distress for patients, support staff, and clinicians, leading to increased patient retention and an easier working environment.

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Creating a collaborative model of mental health counseling for the future

Domar

2015

Fertility and Sterility

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“…For better explanation it can be stated that infertility has numerous social and psychological complications and consequences, which lead to lower life satisfaction. Domar et al (13) stated that people with infertility problem had a lower level of spiritual well-being than those without it. Therefore, it can be mentioned that females with infertility experience more stress and have less hope, compared to healthy people which can affect their lives.…”

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“…Domar et al (13) showed a significant relationship between the symptoms of depression and stress in females undergoing infertility treatment and their spiritual wellbeing; the higher level of spiritual well-being was associated with lower level of stress and fewer symptoms of depression.…”

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The Relationship Between Spiritual Well-Being and Life Satisfaction in Females With Infertility

Etemadifar

Hosseiny

Ziraki

et al. 2016

Women's Health Bull

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Background: Infertility is a multi-aspect problem; it can cause major disturbances with emotional, social and psychological consequences including loss of life satisfaction. Spirituality is considered as an important source for individuals to adapt with stressful life events. Objectives: The current study aimed to determine the relationship between spiritual well-being and life satisfaction in females with infertility. Methods: After explaining the study goals to the subjects and attaining their written consents, the present cross-sectional corelational study was conducted on 190 females with infertility referred to Isfahan fertility and infertility center, Isfahan, Iran. The subjects were selected through a convenience random sampling method in three months by the satisfaction with life scale (SWLS) and spiritual well-being scale (SWBS) through face to face interview in 2013. Data were collected and then analyzed by SPSS ver. 17. Descriptive statistical methods (frequency distribution, mean, variance and standard deviation tables) and analytical statistical methods (Pearson correlation test, Spearman correlation coefficients, one-way ANOVA and T-test) were used. Results:The results of the study indicated a direct relationship between the scores of life satisfaction and religious dimension of spiritual well-being (r = 0.375, P < 0.001), as well as the score of existential dimension of spiritual well-being (r = 0.732, P < 0.001), and the overall score of spiritual well-being (r = 0.643, P < 0.001). The score of existential dimension had a closer relationship with that of life satisfaction, compared to the score of religious dimension and the overall score of spiritual well-being. Conclusions: The present study showed that people with higher spiritual well-being had a higher life satisfaction. Since infertility has numerous social and psychological complications and consequences, which can lead to lower life satisfaction, the medical staff can increase spiritual well-being and life satisfaction in females with infertility problems by taking proper measures and actions.

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“…Infertility is often associated with increased personal distress (e.g., Domar, 2005;Peterson, Pirritano, Christensen, & Schmidt, 2008). This is in part due to the lack of control that couples experience as they try desperately to conceive.…”

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Assisted Reproductive Technologies and World Religions: Implications for Couples Therapy

Connor

Sauer²,

Doll

2012

Journal of Family Psychotherapy

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Increasing numbers of couples struggle with infertility. Couples debating whether or not to utilize assisted reproductive technologies (ART) face many difficult decisions. These decisions can be influenced by religious values and ideologies. The purpose of this article is threefold: to (a) review the ethical choices that couples face when deciding whether or not to use ART; (b) review the stated ideologies of Judaism, Catholicism, Protestantism, and Islam in regards to ART; and (c) discuss how knowledge of ethical choices and religious ideologies concerning ART can assist marriage and family therapists who work with couples facing infidelity.

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The stress and distress of infertility: Does religion help women cope?

Cited by 38 publications

References 23 publications

Creating a collaborative model of mental health counseling for the future

Creating a collaborative model of mental health counseling for the future

The Relationship Between Spiritual Well-Being and Life Satisfaction in Females With Infertility

Assisted Reproductive Technologies and World Religions: Implications for Couples Therapy

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