Perception of control, coping and psychological stress of infertile women undergoing IVF

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 670-679

  Gourounti, Kleanthi ^a   Anagnostopoulos, Fotios ^b   Potamianos, Grigorios ^b   Lykeridou, Katerina ^a   Schmidt, Lone ^c   Vaslamatzis, Grigorios ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

controllability; coping; infertility; IVF; psychological stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICIPATORY ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SELF CONTROL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84861814946     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: 14726491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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