Marital Quality, Self-compassion and Psychological Distress in Women with Primary Infertility

AbstractThe current study investigates the relationships among marital quality, self-compassion with psychological distress in women with primary infertility. It was hypothesized that marital quality and self-compassion are likely to predict psychological distress in women with primary infertility. It was further hypothesized that self-compassion is likely to mediate the relationship between marital quality and psychological distress in women with primary infertility. The sample was comprised of 115 women with primary infertility with an age range of 20 –35 years (M = 29.08,SD = 3.908). The Relationship Assessment Scale (Hendrick in J Marriage Fam, 1988.https://doi.org/10.2307/352430), Self-compassion Scale (Neff in Self Identity 2(3):223 –250, 2003.https://doi.org/10.1080/15298860309027), and Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale (Lovibond and Lovibond in Manual for the depression anxiety stress scales, 2nd edn. Psychology Foundation, 1995) were used to measure the study variables. SPSS was used to analyze the data. Pearson Product Moment Correlation showed that marital quality was positively related to self-compassion and negatively associated with psychological distress (depression, anxiety, and stress). Furthermore, self-compassion was negatively associated with psychological distress (depression, anxiety, and stress). Mediation analysis with the help of Process Macro revealed that marital quality was significantly predicting depression and stress but not anxiety...
Source: Sexuality and Disability - Category: Disability Source Type: research