Occupational social class, coping responses and infertility‐related stress of women undergoing infertility treatment

Katerina Lykeridou, Kleanthi Gourounti, Antigoni Sarantaki, Dimitrios Loutradis, Grigorios Vaslamatzis and Anna Deltsidou

Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2011, vol. 20, issue 13‐14, 1971-1980

Abstract: Aim and objectives. The aims of this study were to examine the association between (1) occupational social class and coping responses, (2) coping responses and infertility‐related stress and (3) occupational social class and infertility‐related distress. Background. The coping strategies that individuals use in most of the stressful situations vary according to certain factors, such as, the appraised characteristics of the stressful condition, personality dispositions and social resources. Design. This study was a cross‐sectional survey. Methods. The study involved 404 women undergoing infertility treatment at a public clinic in Athens, Greece. State and trait anxiety (State‐Trait Anxiety Inventory), infertility‐related stress (Copenhagen Multi‐centre Psychosocial Infertility) and coping strategies (Copenhagen Multi‐centre Psychosocial Infertility) were measured. Results. Women of low/very low social class reported higher levels of active‐confronting coping compared with women of higher social class (p

Date: 2011
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