title: The interrelationship between coping strategies and sexual functioning in in vitro fertilization patients.
abstract: This study examined the correlation between various coping strategies and sexual functioning and the likelihood of conception from in vitro fertilization (IVF). Self-reported questionnaires were distributed randomly among the 102 women enrolled in an IVF program, 96 of whom were recruited. Of the studied parameters, positive reinterpretation, and growth, and active coping strategies were found to be positively associated with sexual functioning, while there was a significantly (p < .05) adverse influence of planning and self-restraint. Being sexually active during the IVF-treatment period was found to be positively associated (p < .05) with the likelihood of conception and with adaptive coping strategies.
authors.affiliation: IVF Unit, Lis Maternity Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. barhava@ccsg.tau.ac.il
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bar-Hava
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Azem
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Azam
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yovel
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Lessing
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amit
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Abramov
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Militscher
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires