Therapeutic Intervention for Couples Experiencing Infertility: An Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy Approach

Brigance, Clayton A.; Brown, Emily; Cottone, R. Rocco

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“…Renzi et al similarly showed that men’s higher capability to identify and describe their emotions was associated with their wives’ higher quality of life 39 . It is believed that in dynamic interaction, it is indispensable for couples to make an effort to reduce their partner’s stress by using appropriate strategies 40 . In addition to confirming this recommendation, the results of the present study emphasize that it is required for infertile couples not to share maladaptive coping strategies.…”

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Spouse’s coping strategies mediate the relationship between women’s coping strategies and their psychological health among infertile couples

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Kazemi

Abedi

et al. 2023

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Social problems and suffering from the treatment process for infertile couples, especially for women, require the couples to cope with them to balance the infertility crisis. According to the close interactions of the couples with each other, the objective of the present study was to explore a theoretical framework for the relationships between women’s coping strategies, spouses’ coping strategies, and women’s psychological health in infertile couples who were candidates for assisted reproductive technology (ART). This cross-sectional study was carried out on 212 couples undergoing ART. The couples’ coping strategies were evaluated using a validated self-report questionnaire. The women’s psychological health was assessed using a 21-item stress, anxiety, and depression scale (DASS-21). Statistical analysis was performed using the plug-in application PROCESS macro for SPSS. The direct effect of the women’s self-blame and self-focused rumination strategies (p < .0001), and the indirect effect of the women’s self-blame on stress and depression by mediating spouses’ self-blame and self-focused rumination strategies, was significant. The indirect effect of the women’s self-focused rumination on the anxiety and depression levels by mediating spouses’ self-blame strategy was significant. The women’s self-blame and self-focused rumination strategies had a negative effect on the women’s psychological health who were undergoing ART. This negative effect was mediated by the spouse’s coping strategies.

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Spouse’s coping strategies mediate the relationship between women’s coping strategies and their psychological health among infertile couples

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Kazemi

Abedi

et al. 2023

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“…In contrast to this conclusion, Nigerian research found that those who follow certain religions or visit the house of worship are less inclined to embrace IVF. This suggests that some people would refuse IVF for the reason that they believed God would supply them with children without the need for any kind of ARTs [ 7 , 25 ].…”

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Perceptions about In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) among Women of Childbearing Age in Cape Coast, Ghana

Arhin

Tang

Hamid

et al. 2022

Obstetrics and Gynecology International

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Background. Infertility impacts a lot of considerable negative social effects on the lives of infertile partners, especially females, who repeatedly experience the emotional sequelae of childlessness. The study’s goal was to assess women of reproductive ages’ awareness of IVF treatments, as well as their attitudes and misunderstandings about them in Cape Coast, Ghana. Methods. A total of 437 reproductive-age women in Cape Coast Metropolis were recruited using a simple random sampling approach for this Cross-Sectional Descriptive study. Data were collected with a semistructured interviewer-administered questionnaire and were analyzed using IBM SPSS version 26.0, and p ≤ 0.05 was considered significant. Results. The mean age was calculated to be 25.33 ± 0.066 years with a greater proportion, 65.7% within 15–24 years, 76.5% had no or had never had a child before. 93.4% were of the Christian faith, 66.8% were aware of IVF, and 74.8% think IVF offers hope. Although 41.4% believe it is not a natural procedure and 44.6% believe IVF children are normal but not natural. While 72.1% believe the treatment is very costly, and 40.7% believe it is not affordable or accessible. The majority believe IVF kids are legitimate (76.9%), and so should be welcomed by society (86.5%). The overall opinion of IVF service acceptability was 81.7% good. Seventy-two and three percent did not know whether IVF services are available in Cape Coast. Also, 48.1% were aware that IVF may result in pregnancy failure, with fewer than half (43.5%) believing it could be linked to genetic problems in the baby. The majority (60.4%) were willing to use IVF services, and 82.8% will utilize just their husband’s sperm technique. While others may not want to undergo any form of IVF technique because they desire to conceive naturally (51.0%) and 22.4% may be unable to pay for it. Educational status and awareness of the availability of IVF services were factors that were significantly associated with their overall good perception of IVF services. Also, age, marital status, number of live children, occupation, educational status, awareness, and their overall perception were factors that are significantly associated with their preparedness to utilize IVF services. Conclusion. Overall, women’s opinions of IVF and their readiness to use them were favorable, and they think it offers hope for their condition since they were well-informed about its forms and that infertility may be a result of several factors, all of which may need IVF services. It does not matter if it is difficult to obtain, expensive, or unavailable. It is recommended that the government collaborates with healthcare providers to investigate ways through the mass media in the drive to clear the misconceptions and improve the public understanding of the IVF procedure towards its utilization, thereby reducing the burden of childlessness and the resulting psychological disorders among couples, this has implications for joyful homes and societal growth.

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“…Finally, couple psychotherapy can be offered to couples with relationship problems that go beyond the context of infertility or who present higher psychological distress (i.e., higher levels of depression and anxiety; Gameiro et al, 2015). For example, Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy could help both partners express their emotions, and thus help individuals become more aware of their partner's needs (Brigance et al, 2020), which helps individuals learn PDCS, and thus foster higher relationship satisfaction. In their meta‐analysis, Frederiksen et al (2015) also concluded that cognitive–behavioral therapy would be efficacious for reducing psychological distress in couples seeking fertility treatment.…”

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“We're in this together”: Attachment insecurities, dyadic coping strategies, and relationship satisfaction in couples involved in medically assisted reproduction

Péloquin

Boucher

Benoit

et al. 2022

J Marital Family Therapy

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Attachment is an important predictor of relationship satisfaction and attachment insecurities are a risk factor for couples under stress. Drawing from the Vulnerability–Stress–Adaptation model, we investigated whether dyadic coping strategies (DCS) would explain the links between attachment insecurities and relationship satisfaction in 97 couples involved in medically assisted reproduction (MAR). Path analyses revealed that for women and men, attachment insecurities (anxiety, avoidance) were associated with their own lower relationship satisfaction through their lower use of positive DCS. Attachment avoidance was also associated with participants' own lower relationship satisfaction through their own lower use of negative DCS. Men's attachment avoidance was also related to their partner's lower relationship satisfaction via their own and their partner's lower use of positive DCS. The findings suggest that promoting the use of positive DCS may be important to preserve relationship satisfaction in couples involved in MAR.

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Therapeutic Intervention for Couples Experiencing Infertility: An Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy Approach

Cited by 7 publications

References 21 publications

Spouse’s coping strategies mediate the relationship between women’s coping strategies and their psychological health among infertile couples

Spouse’s coping strategies mediate the relationship between women’s coping strategies and their psychological health among infertile couples

Knowledge, Attitude, and Perceptions about In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) among Women of Childbearing Age in Cape Coast, Ghana

“We're in this together”: Attachment insecurities, dyadic coping strategies, and relationship satisfaction in couples involved in medically assisted reproduction

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