Is there a gender difference in infertile couples without an axis I psychiatric disorder in the context of emotional symptoms, social support, and sexual function?
Turk Psikiyatri Dergisi, cilt.18, sa.4, 2007 (SSCI, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 18 Sayı: 4
- Basım Tarihi: 2007
- Dergi Adı: Turk Psikiyatri Dergisi
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Anxiety, Depression, Infertility, Sexual dysfunction, Social support
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Objective: It was aimed to evaluate the levels of emotional distress, social support, and sexual function of infertile couples with no psychiatric Axis I disorder, according to gender differences. Method: The study sample of 103 primary infertile couples with no psychiatric Axis I disorder were administered the Beck Depression Inventory, State and Trait Anxiety Inventory, Inventory of Perceived Social Support, and Golombok Rust Inventory of Sexual Satisfaction (GRISS). Results. The sample's depressive symptom severity did not indicate clinical deprLssion, state anxiety was within the normal range, and trait anxiety was high, according to the scales. Compared to men, women had more severe depressive symptoms when they were the cause of the couple's infertility, either alone or when their husbands were also a cause of infertility, higher trait anxiety scares in all infertility groups, and more perceived social support of the family, whether they or their husbands were the cause of infertility, According to the sexual functioning profile obtained by the subscale scores of GRISS, the most common problems of the sexual relationship in all infertility groups were non-communicotion and non-sensuality for men, and avoidance for women. The emotional distress of women and men correlated negatively with their perceived social support and positively with their sexual functioning. Conclusion: It was concluded that women had more social support and emotional distress than men, and men had more problems of sexual function than women; however, satisfactory social support might decrease the emotional symptoms of both genders.