Department of Midwifery and Reproductive, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Department of Midwifery and Reproductive, Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
BMC Psychiatry. 2023 Sep 12;23(1):666. doi: 10.1186/s12888-023-05159-z.
Infertility affects different aspects of couples' lives, so it may cause problems in couples' emotional relationships by increasing marital conflicts. This study aimed to determine Infertility-related stress and its relationship with emotional divorce among Iranian infertile people.
We conducted a cross-sectional observational study on 200 infertile people. The research environment was one of the well-equipped infertility centers in Tehran, Iran. Continuous sampling was employed. The data collection tools included a general information form, the Fertility Problem Inventory (FPI), and the Emotional Divorce Scale (EDS).
The findings revealed a significant direct relationship between infertility-related stress and all its subscales with emotional divorce in both infertile women and men. In infertile women, the most concern was the need for parenthood, while the lowest concerns were the relationship and sexual concerns. Multiple linear regression analysis indicated that social and relationship concerns predicted 44% of emotional divorce, with social concern being the more influential factor. In infertile men, the need for parenthood was the most significant concern, while relationship and social concerns were less prominent. Multiple linear regression analysis showed that relationship concern predicted 50% of emotional divorce in infertile men. In both infertile men and women, social and relationship concerns explained 45% of the variance in emotional divorce. Among these two variables, relationship concern had a more impact in predicting emotional divorce. Also, there was no statistically significant difference between women and men regarding infertility-related stress and its subscales, except for sexual concern.
The study highlights the importance of the need for parenthood as a main concern among infertile individuals. Increased infertility-related stress and its subscales contribute to higher levels of emotional divorce among this population. Additionally, relationship concern was the lowest concern in infertile people. But it significantly predicts emotional divorce among infertile individuals.
不孕不育影响夫妻生活的各个方面，因此可能会通过增加婚姻冲突导致夫妻情感关系出现问题。本研究旨在确定与伊朗不育者相关的不孕不育压力及其与情绪离婚的关系。
我们对 200 名不育者进行了横断面观察性研究。研究环境是伊朗德黑兰设备齐全的不孕不育中心之一。采用连续抽样。数据收集工具包括一般信息表、生育问题清单（FPI）和情绪离婚量表（EDS）。
研究结果表明，不孕不育相关压力及其所有子量表与不孕不育妇女和男性的情绪离婚之间存在显著的直接关系。在不孕不育女性中，最关心的是需要成为父母，而最不关心的是关系和性问题。多元线性回归分析表明，社会和关系问题预测了 44%的情绪离婚，其中社会问题是更重要的影响因素。在不孕不育男性中，成为父母的需求是最显著的问题，而关系和社会问题则不太突出。多元线性回归分析表明，关系问题预测了 50%的不孕不育男性的情绪离婚。在不孕不育男性和女性中，社会和关系问题解释了情绪离婚的 45%的方差。在这两个变量中，关系问题在预测情绪离婚方面的影响更大。此外，除了性问题外，女性和男性在不孕不育相关压力及其子量表方面没有统计学上的显著差异。
该研究强调了成为父母的需求是不孕不育个体的主要关注点的重要性。不孕不育相关压力及其子量表的增加会导致该人群情绪离婚率的升高。此外，关系问题是不孕不育人群中最不关心的问题。但它显著预测了不孕不育人群的情绪离婚。
