van Rooij Floor B, Van Balen Frank, Hermanns Jo M A
Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences, SCO Kohnstamm Institute, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol. 2007 Jun;28(2):87-95. doi: 10.1080/01674820701410015.
The present study investigates cultural differences in the effects of infertility on emotional distress. The study compares emotional distress among infertile people in three samples: Turkish migrants (n = 58), Turkish people living in Western Turkey (n = 46), and Dutch people (n = 199). Participants answered structured questionnaires on self-image, blame-guilt, sexual problems, depression, anxiety, and anger-hostility. Separate analyses were conducted for men and women. In general, the levels of emotional distress were higher for infertile Turkish migrant women and infertile Turkish women than they were for infertile Dutch women. Turkish migrant women reported more self-image problems and fewer feelings of blame-guilt than did Turkish women. Among men, Turkish migrant men showed the highest overall levels of emotional distress, and Dutch men showed the lowest. Our results indicate that the experience of infertility among Turkish migrants is more similar to those of Turkish people than it is to that of Dutch people, especially among women. The importance of having children in the different cultures may offer a possible explanation for these findings.
本研究调查了不孕症对情绪困扰影响方面的文化差异。该研究比较了三个样本中不孕人群的情绪困扰情况：土耳其移民（n = 58）、居住在土耳其西部的土耳其人（n = 46）以及荷兰人（n = 199）。参与者回答了关于自我形象、自责内疚、性问题、抑郁、焦虑和愤怒敌意的结构化问卷。对男性和女性分别进行了分析。总体而言，不孕的土耳其移民女性和不孕的土耳其女性的情绪困扰程度高于不孕的荷兰女性。与土耳其女性相比，土耳其移民女性报告的自我形象问题更多，自责内疚感更少。在男性中，土耳其移民男性的情绪困扰总体水平最高，而荷兰男性最低。我们的结果表明，土耳其移民的不孕经历与土耳其人比与荷兰人更为相似，尤其是在女性中。不同文化中生育孩子的重要性可能为这些发现提供了一种可能的解释。
