Infertility: An Examination Hopelessness Perspective

Keskin G., Babacan Gümüş A.

JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC NURSING, cilt.5, sa.1, ss.9-16, 2014 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 5 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5505/phd.2014.07269
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC NURSING
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.9-16
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Self-esteem, dyadic adjustment, infertility, personality traits, hopelessness
  • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objectives: An Infertility medical, psychiatric, psychological, and social aspect of the psychic trauma is causing a crisis situation. Developments in reproduction techniques and patients with a direction of hope, especially in women dealing with sadness and loss of control, are creating situations such as stigma. In this study, women dealing with despair and hopelessness undergoing infertility treatment were examined for variables that may contribute to the symptoms, including self-esteem, dyadic adjustment, personality traits, and socio-demographics.