Sweeny Kate, Andrews Sara E, Nelson S Katherine, Robbins Megan L
University of California, Riverside, United States.
Sewanee: The University of the South, United States.
Soc Sci Med. 2015 Sep;141:123-32. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.07.031. Epub 2015 Jul 31.
Guided by the uncertainty navigation model, this study examined experiences of uncertainty associated with trying to conceive and identified predictors of this experience using a multi-method approach.
429 American adults from Amazon's Mechanical Turk who had a child under age three completed online questionnaires regarding their experiences trying to conceive, including recollections of psychological adjustment, use of coping strategies, and individual and situational variability. Then they provided open-ended reflections of their experience trying to conceive. Participants' descriptions were analyzed for word use using LIWC, a text-analysis software program, to obtain an unobtrusive and pseudo-observational measure of coping resources.
Consistent with the uncertainty navigation model, recollections of distress as individuals tried to conceive were associated with lower levels of dispositional optimism; intolerance of uncertainty; fewer social, emotional, and cognitive resources (reflected in word use); placing greater importance on conception; lower risk for infertility; and less searching for meaning in life.
This study revealed many novel insights regarding the experience of trying to conceive, including protective factors and vulnerabilities that may buffer or heighten the distress associated with this experience.
以不确定性导航模型为指导，本研究采用多方法探讨了与受孕尝试相关的不确定性体验，并确定了这种体验的预测因素。
429名来自亚马逊土耳其机器人平台的美国成年人，他们育有三岁以下子女，完成了关于受孕尝试体验的在线问卷，包括心理调适回忆、应对策略的使用以及个体和情境差异。然后，他们对受孕尝试的经历进行了开放式反思。使用文本分析软件程序LIWC对参与者的描述进行词汇使用分析，以获得对应对资源的一种不显眼的、类似观察性的测量。
与不确定性导航模型一致，个体在尝试受孕时的痛苦回忆与较低水平的特质性乐观、对不确定性的不耐受、较少的社会、情感和认知资源（通过词汇使用反映）、更重视受孕、较低的不孕风险以及较少在生活中寻求意义有关。
本研究揭示了许多关于受孕尝试体验的新见解，包括可能缓冲或加剧与这种体验相关痛苦的保护因素和脆弱性。
