The psychological profile and affective response of women diagnosed with unexplained infertility undergoing in vitro fertilization

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 403-411

  Romano, Gabi Aisenberg ^a,b   Ravid, Hila ^a   Zaig, Inbar ^a   Schreiber, Shaul ^a,b   Azem, Foad ^a,b   Shachar, Izhak ^a   Bloch, Miki ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Coping; Depression; In vitro fertilization; Infertility

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; ILLNESS COGNITION QUESTIONNAIRE; INFERTILITY; LIFE ORIENTATION TEST; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY 2; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNEXPLAINED INFERTILITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84870254345     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-012-0299-6     Document Type: Article

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