Status quo of the social support,the psychological elasticity and the sex differences in personality characteristics of infertile couples and their impact on the quality of life of the couples
Objective:To investigate the correlation between the status quo of the social support,the psychological elas-ticity and the sex differences in personality traits of infertile couples and their quality of life.Methods:A total of 202 infertile couples who visited the infertility clinic of a tertiary Grade A hospital from August 2021 to January 2024 were collected as the research subjects.The demographic data and the scores of perceived social support scale(PSSS),10-i-tem connordavidson resilience scale(CD-RISC10),big five inventory(BFI)and fertility quality of life(FertiQoL)of all the infertile couples were recorded.Pearson correlation analysis was used to investigate the correlation between the status quo of the social support,the psychological resilience and the personality traits of the infertile couples and their quality of life.The structural equation modeling was used to analyze the impacts of the social support,the psychologi-cal resilience and the personality traits of the infertile couples on their quality of life.Results:2022 questionnaires were distributed,and 2002 valid questionnaires were collected,with the effective rate of 99.0％.There were significant differences in the age,the body mass index value,the educational level and the employment status among 200 infertile couples(P＜0.05).Pearson correlation analysis showed that there were significant differences in the social support,the psychological resilience,the personality traits,and the quality of life among the infertile couples(P＜0.05).In ad-ditionally,the psychological resilience and the personality traits of the infertile couples were positively correlated with their quality of life(P＜0.05).The structural equation model showed that the male social support,the male psycho-logical resilience,the female psychological resilience and the female personality traits had the positive impacts on the male quality of life,while the female social support and the male personality traits had the negative impact on the male quality of life.The male psychological resilience,the female psychological resilience,and the female personality traits had the positive impacts on the female quality of life,while the male personality traits had a negative impact on the fe-male quality of life(all P＜0.05).Conclusion:The gender social support,the psychological resilience,the personality traits and the quality of life had differences among the infertile couples,and the different status quo of which have an impact on the quality of life of the infertile couples.
Infertility couplesGenderSocial supportPsychological resiliencePersonality traitsQuality of lifeCorrelation
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