title: [The influence of infertility on women's personality].
abstract: The purpose of this investigation was to analyze several personality dimensions including several psychopathological symptoms of women experiencing infertility. 70 females experiencing infertility and 50 healthy women were examined using psychological methods: MMPI and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory by Spielberger, Gorsuch and Lushene. Personality profiles did not differ significantly for the two groups (remained within normal limits). In comparison with healthy women, women treated because of infertility displayed significantly higher level of anxiety as a state.
authors.affiliation: Instytutu Psychologii Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Janczur-Bidzan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000523:psychology*; D008950:MMPI; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D016387:Women's Health
vernacular_title: Wpływ niepłodności na osobowość kobiet.