Infertile Individuals’ Marital Relationship Status, Happiness, and Mental Health: A Causal Model
Background This study examined the causal model of relation between marital relation- ship status, happiness, and mental health in infertile individuals. Materials and Methods In this descriptive study, 155 subjects (men: 52 and women: 78), who had been visited in one of the infertility Cente...
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| description | Background This study examined the causal model of relation between marital relation- ship status, happiness, and mental health in infertile individuals. Materials and Methods In this descriptive study, 155 subjects (men: 52 and women: 78), who had been visited in one of the infertility Centers, voluntarily participated in a self-evaluation. Golombok Rust Inventory of Marital Status, Oxford Happiness Ques- tionnaire, and General Health Questionnaire were used as instruments of the study. Data was analyzed by SPSS17 and Amos 5 software using descriptive statistics, independent sample t test, and path analysis. Results Disregarding the gender factor, marital relationship status was directly related to happiness (p < 0.05) and happiness was directly related to mental health, (p < 0.05). Also, indirect relation between marital relationship status and mental health was significant (p < 0.05). These results were confirmed in women participants but in men participants only the direct relation between happiness and mental health was significant (p < 0.05). Conclusion Based on goodness of model fit in fitness indexes, happiness had a mediator role in relation between marital relationship status and mental health in infertile individu- als disregarding the gender factor. Also, considering the gender factor, only in infertile women, marital relationship status can directly and indirectly affect happiness and mental health. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a1c1fcc07c8a4ac49e72060a0be6168d2022-12-21T22:53:30ZengRoyan Institute (ACECR), TehranInternational Journal of Fertility and Sterility2008-076X2008-07782014-10-018331532445258Infertile Individuals’ Marital Relationship Status, Happiness, and Mental Health: A Causal ModelSeyed Habiballah Ahmadi Forooshany0Fariba Yazdkhasti1Saiede Safari Hajataghaie2Mohammad Hossein Nasr Esfahani3Department of Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, IranDepartment of Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, IranDepartment of Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, IranDepartment of Reproductive Biotechnology at Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Biotechnology, ACECR, Isfahan, Iran;Isfahan Fertility and Infertility Center, Isfahan, IranBackground This study examined the causal model of relation between marital relation- ship status, happiness, and mental health in infertile individuals. Materials and Methods In this descriptive study, 155 subjects (men: 52 and women: 78), who had been visited in one of the infertility Centers, voluntarily participated in a self-evaluation. Golombok Rust Inventory of Marital Status, Oxford Happiness Ques- tionnaire, and General Health Questionnaire were used as instruments of the study. Data was analyzed by SPSS17 and Amos 5 software using descriptive statistics, independent sample t test, and path analysis. Results Disregarding the gender factor, marital relationship status was directly related to happiness (p < 0.05) and happiness was directly related to mental health, (p < 0.05). Also, indirect relation between marital relationship status and mental health was significant (p < 0.05). These results were confirmed in women participants but in men participants only the direct relation between happiness and mental health was significant (p < 0.05). Conclusion Based on goodness of model fit in fitness indexes, happiness had a mediator role in relation between marital relationship status and mental health in infertile individu- als disregarding the gender factor. Also, considering the gender factor, only in infertile women, marital relationship status can directly and indirectly affect happiness and mental health.http://www.ijfs.ir/article_45258_58e81906299be846d0af110a947efd4f.pdfinfertilitymarital relationshiphappinessmental health |
| spellingShingle | Seyed Habiballah Ahmadi Forooshany Fariba Yazdkhasti Saiede Safari Hajataghaie Mohammad Hossein Nasr Esfahani Infertile Individuals’ Marital Relationship Status, Happiness, and Mental Health: A Causal Model International Journal of Fertility and Sterility infertility marital relationship happiness mental health |
| title | Infertile Individuals’ Marital Relationship Status, Happiness, and Mental Health: A Causal Model |
| title_full | Infertile Individuals’ Marital Relationship Status, Happiness, and Mental Health: A Causal Model |
| title_fullStr | Infertile Individuals’ Marital Relationship Status, Happiness, and Mental Health: A Causal Model |
| title_full_unstemmed | Infertile Individuals’ Marital Relationship Status, Happiness, and Mental Health: A Causal Model |
| title_short | Infertile Individuals’ Marital Relationship Status, Happiness, and Mental Health: A Causal Model |
| title_sort | infertile individuals marital relationship status happiness and mental health a causal model |
| topic | infertility marital relationship happiness mental health |
| url | http://www.ijfs.ir/article_45258_58e81906299be846d0af110a947efd4f.pdf |
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