Edelmann R J, Connolly K J, Bartlett H
Department of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, U.K.
J Psychosom Res. 1994 May;38(4):355-64. doi: 10.1016/0022-3999(94)90040-x.
The study was designed to examine the extent to which the psychological profiles of couples entering an IVF programme were influenced by evidence of previous fertility, the history of fertility investigations, the diagnosis made, and the coping strategies adopted. A sample of 152 couples was administered a number of standardized psychological instruments and a coping strategies questionnaire. They showed little variation from the normative range on the standardized measures. There was little evidence of differences between couples referred for primary or secondary infertility, between those with some evidence of fertility and those with none, or between different diagnostic groups. In relation to coping strategy, for women at least, taking direct action appears to be effective if it is associated with some degree of acceptance of one's position. For males, the picture is less clear, though direct action and acceptance again appear to be effective coping strategies.
该研究旨在考察进入体外受精项目的夫妇的心理状况在多大程度上受到既往生育证据、生育检查历史、诊断结果以及所采用的应对策略的影响。对152对夫妇的样本进行了多项标准化心理测试和一份应对策略问卷。他们在标准化测试中的表现与常模范围几乎没有差异。几乎没有证据表明原发性或继发性不孕的夫妇之间、有一定生育证据和没有生育证据的夫妇之间，或不同诊断组之间存在差异。关于应对策略，至少对于女性来说，如果直接行动与对自身处境的某种程度的接受相关联，那么采取直接行动似乎是有效的。对于男性而言，情况不太明确，不过直接行动和接受似乎再次成为有效的应对策略。
