Kalantari F, Taghizadeh V. The comparison of social anxiety, fear of negative evaluation, resiliency and life expectancy of infertile women with fertile women. Rooyesh 2019; 8 (8) :109-116
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1- Assistant Professor, Department of psychology, Ramhormoz Branch, Islamic Azad University , kalantari_fr@yahoo.com
2- M.A. in Psychology, Department of psychology, Ramhormoz Branch, Islamic Azad University
Abstract: (2557 Views)
The objective of this study was to compare social anxiety, fear of negative evaluation, resilience and life expectancy in infertile women with those infertile women. A sample of 300 people including 150 fertile women and 150 infertile women were selected through purposeful sampling among women admitted to health centers and private clinics in Ramshir city. The research method was causal-comparative, and tools used in this research include Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (1987), Larry Fear of negative Evaluation QuestAnchorionnaire-short form (1983), Conner and Davidson Resilience Scale, and Schneider et al. Life Expectancy Questionnaire (1991). Multivariate analysis of variance was used to analyze the data. The findings showed no significant difference between fertile women and infertile women in terms of social anxiety, but the fear of negative evaluation in infertile women was higher than that infertile women, and the resilience of infertile women was lower, while the life expectancy of infertile women was higher. Therefore, it is recommended that along with medical treatments, psychological services to be used to reduce the psychological problems associated with infertility and to preserve and strengthen the hope and resilience of infertile women.
Type of Article:
Research |
Subject:
General Psychology Received: 2018/07/6 | Revised: 2019/12/1 | Accepted: 2018/09/6 | ePublished: 2019/11/1