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Coping with Infertility: An Examination of Coping Mechanisms in Iranian Women with Infertility
Author(s): Marzieh Kargar Jahromi and Somayeh RamezanliMarzieh Kargar Jahromi and Somayeh Ramezanli
Introduction: Due to increased global population and higher age of marriage, number of infertile couples is increasing. Prevalence of infertility is different in different countries. Some data shows that there are about 80 million infertile couples worldwide. In Iran estimations indicate that there are about two million infertile couples. Method: A systematic search was conducted to identify English language publications providing original data on infertility, psychological consequences and coping mechanism in infertile women. Result: For many couples, infertility is undeniably a major life crisis and psychologically stressful. The distress of infertility and its medical treatment is reported to affect different aspects of each partner's personal and the couple's life. First, the experience of infertility often leads to important boundary ambiguity within the relationship and famil.. View More»
DOI: 10.4172/Psychiatry.1000188