Effects of a mindfulness-based intervention on fertility quality of life and pregnancy rates among women subjected to first in vitro fertilization treatment

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 77, Issue , 2016, Pages 96-104

  Li, Jing ^a   Long, Ling ^a   Liu, Yu ^a   He, Wei ^a   Li, Min ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation difficulties; Fertility quality of life; Infertility related coping; IVF; Mindfulness based intervention; Self compassion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINDFULNESS; PASSIVE AVOIDANCE; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY RATE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY; IN VITRO FERTILIZATION; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF CONTROL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AWARENESS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MINDFULNESS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF-CONTROL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84951842374     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: 1873622X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2015.12.010     Document Type: Article

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