Fertility treatment response: Is it better to be more optimistic or less pessimistic?

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 193-199

  Bleil, Maria E ^a   Pasch, Lauri A ^a   Gregorich, Steven E ^b   Millstein, Susan G ^b   Katz, Patricia P ^b   Adler, Nancy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

in vitro fertilization; infertility; optimism; pessimism; trait negative affect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFE ORIENTATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSIS; OPTIMISM; OPTIMISM AND PESSIMISM SUBSCALE SCORE; PESSIMISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOENVIRONMENTAL THERAPY; TEMPERAMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857049873     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e318242096b     Document Type: Article

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