Faculty of Psychology, Vietnam National University, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Faculty of Sociology, Vietnam National University, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Psychol Health Med. 2024 Sep;29(8):1479-1492. doi: 10.1080/13548506.2024.2345273. Epub 2024 May 2.
The purpose of the study was to examine the association between coping strategies and perceived social support among women diagnosed with infertility and undergoing IVF treatment. A total of 383 Vietnamese women were invited to participate in this study. Participants completed a questionnaire consisting of The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, the Copenhagen Multi-centre Psychosocial Infertility coping scales and the Fertility Problem Inventory, and other relevant questions. The results reveal that coping strategies significantly predict some specific types of perceived social supports among women undergoing IVF treatment. Specifically, passive-avoidance coping (PAC) and active-avoidance coping (AAC) predicts a decrease in receiving support from family and friends, whereas active-confronting coping (ACC) predicts an increase in receiving support from these two sources of support. Women who demonstrate increased meaning-based coping (MBC) received all three sources of support including family, friends, and significant others support. Despite some limitations, this study is useful in understanding how coping strategies among women undergoing IVF treatment affects the social support received in the Vietnamese social context. It also emphasizes the importance of psychological support for women facing IVF treatment distress.
本研究旨在探讨不孕不育症女性接受试管婴儿治疗过程中应对策略与感知社会支持之间的关系。共邀请了 383 名越南女性参与本研究。参与者完成了一份问卷，其中包括多维感知社会支持量表、哥本哈根多中心心理社会不孕应对量表和生育问题清单以及其他相关问题。研究结果表明，应对策略可显著预测女性接受试管婴儿治疗过程中感知社会支持的某些特定类型。具体来说，消极应对（PAC）和积极回避应对（AAC）预测了来自家庭和朋友的支持减少，而积极应对（ACC）预测了来自这两个支持来源的支持增加。表现出增加意义应对（MBC）的女性获得了包括家人、朋友和其他重要他人的所有三种支持。尽管存在一些局限性，但本研究有助于理解接受试管婴儿治疗的女性的应对策略如何影响其在越南社会环境中获得的社会支持。它还强调了为面临试管婴儿治疗困扰的女性提供心理支持的重要性。
