Gender differences in infertility-related stress and the relationship between stress and social support in thai infertile couples

Objective: To study infertility-related stress among men and women and to examine its relationship with the level of perceived social support. Material and Method: The Fertility Problem Inventory (FPI) and the Personal Resource Questionnaire (PRQ) were translated into Thai and used to assess the lev...

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Main Authors: Opas Sreshthaputra, Rung Aroon Sreshthaputra, Teraporn Vutyavanich
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Published: 2018
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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-605612018-09-10T03:45:22Z Gender differences in infertility-related stress and the relationship between stress and social support in thai infertile couples Opas Sreshthaputra Rung Aroon Sreshthaputra Teraporn Vutyavanich Medicine Objective: To study infertility-related stress among men and women and to examine its relationship with the level of perceived social support. Material and Method: The Fertility Problem Inventory (FPI) and the Personal Resource Questionnaire (PRQ) were translated into Thai and used to assess the level of infertility-related stress and perceived social support, respectively, in 238 infertile subjects. Results: The global FPI scores for men and women were 154.2 ± 18.3 and 154.7 ± 22.6, respectively (p > 0.05). There was no significant difference in their perceived social support (PRQ scores = 137.8 ± 14.0 and 134.0 ± 16.7, respectively). A significant negative correlation (r = -0.1894; p < 0.001) existed between global stress and social support in women, but not in men. Conclusion: Thai infertile couples experienced a high level of stress. Unlike previous studies from Western countries, there was no gender difference in nfertility- related stress. 2018-09-10T03:45:22Z 2018-09-10T03:45:22Z 2008-12-01 Journal 01252208 01252208 2-s2.0-58949087463 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=58949087463&origin=inward http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/60561
institution Chiang Mai University
building Chiang Mai University Library
country Thailand
collection CMU Intellectual Repository
topic Medicine
spellingShingle Medicine
Opas Sreshthaputra
Rung Aroon Sreshthaputra
Teraporn Vutyavanich
Gender differences in infertility-related stress and the relationship between stress and social support in thai infertile couples
description Objective: To study infertility-related stress among men and women and to examine its relationship with the level of perceived social support. Material and Method: The Fertility Problem Inventory (FPI) and the Personal Resource Questionnaire (PRQ) were translated into Thai and used to assess the level of infertility-related stress and perceived social support, respectively, in 238 infertile subjects. Results: The global FPI scores for men and women were 154.2 ± 18.3 and 154.7 ± 22.6, respectively (p > 0.05). There was no significant difference in their perceived social support (PRQ scores = 137.8 ± 14.0 and 134.0 ± 16.7, respectively). A significant negative correlation (r = -0.1894; p < 0.001) existed between global stress and social support in women, but not in men. Conclusion: Thai infertile couples experienced a high level of stress. Unlike previous studies from Western countries, there was no gender difference in nfertility- related stress.
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author Opas Sreshthaputra
Rung Aroon Sreshthaputra
Teraporn Vutyavanich
author_facet Opas Sreshthaputra
Rung Aroon Sreshthaputra
Teraporn Vutyavanich
author_sort Opas Sreshthaputra
title Gender differences in infertility-related stress and the relationship between stress and social support in thai infertile couples
title_short Gender differences in infertility-related stress and the relationship between stress and social support in thai infertile couples
title_full Gender differences in infertility-related stress and the relationship between stress and social support in thai infertile couples
title_fullStr Gender differences in infertility-related stress and the relationship between stress and social support in thai infertile couples
title_full_unstemmed Gender differences in infertility-related stress and the relationship between stress and social support in thai infertile couples
title_sort gender differences in infertility-related stress and the relationship between stress and social support in thai infertile couples
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