Impact of childlessness on life and attitudes towards continuation of medically assisted reproduction and/or adoption.

Infertility and fertility treatment have the potential to impact and disrupt a couple's overall life. In order to study the associations between the impact of childlessness on one's life, and men and women's attitudes towards fertility treatment continuation and/or adoption, we analysed data from a one-year follow-up questionnaire in a prospective, longitudinal cohort study of consecutive couples initiating fertility treatment in Denmark. The study comprised 302 couples with no children at baseline and no joint children at one-year follow-up.

Marital stability and repartnering: infertility-related stress trajectories of unsuccessful fertility treatment.

Objective: To compare the trajectories of infertility-related stress between patients who remain in the same relationship and patients who repartner.

Design: Longitudinal cohort study using latent growth modeling.

Setting: Fertility centers.

Are severe depressive symptoms associated with infertility-related distress in individuals and their partners?

Study Question: Are severe depressive symptoms in women and men associated with individual and dyadic infertility-related stress in couples undergoing infertility treatment?

Summary Answer: Severe depressive symptoms were significantly associated with increased infertility-related distress at both the individual and partner level. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY?: An infertility diagnosis, the stress of medical treatments and a prior history of depression are risk factors for future depression in those undergoing fertility treatments. Studies examining the impact of severe depressive symptoms on infertility-related distress in couples are lacking.

Fertility awareness and parenting attitudes among American male and female undergraduate university students.

Background: In the USA, the postponement of childbearing reflects contemporary social norms of delaying marriage, pursing educational goals and securing economic stability prior to attempting conception. Although university students are more likely to delay childbearing, it is unclear to what extent they are aware of age-related fertility decline. The current study is the first of its kind to assess fertility awareness and parenting attitudes of American undergraduate university students.

Direct and indirect effects of perceived social support on women's infertility-related stress.

Background: Social support can be a critical component of how a woman adjusts to infertility, yet few studies have investigated its impact on infertility-related coping and stress. We examined relationships between social support contexts and infertility stress domains, and tested if they were mediated by infertility-related coping strategies in a sample of infertile women.

Methods: The Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, the Copenhagen Multi-centre Psychosocial Infertility coping scales and the Fertility Problem Inventory were completed by 252 women seeking treatment.

Marital benefit and coping strategies in men and women undergoing unsuccessful fertility treatments over a 5-year period.

Objective: To assess the relationship between infertility, marital benefit, and coping in a sample of men and women undergoing unsuccessful fertility treatments.

Design: Prospective longitudinal cohort design using multilevel modeling.

Setting: Danish public and private hospitals (n = 5) specializing in treating fertility patients.

The experiences of parents of adolescents in family therapy: a qualitative investigation.

While understanding clients' experiences in family therapy is becoming increasingly important, we know very little about how the parents of adolescents in family therapy perceive and experience this process. The current study uses a multicase qualitative design and constructivist theoretical framework to describe the experiences of 15 parents of adolescents attending family therapy in private practices. Constant comparative analysis revealed four core categories that described parents' therapeutic experiences: (a) pretherapy presentation, (b) supportive therapeutic climate, (c) family therapy process, and (d) reflections on the therapy experience.

Cybersex: the impact of a contemporary problem on the practices of marriage and family therapists.

The number of people accessing the Internet for sexual purposes (cybersex) has increased dramatically over the last 10 years. However, little research has been conducted to determine how frequently clients present for treatment with cybersex-related issues. One hundred sixty-four clinical members of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy participated in the current study, which was conducted to identify the impacts of cybersex on MFTs' practices.

Anxiety and sexual stress in men and women undergoing infertility treatment.

Objective: To better understand the specific nature of the relationship between anxiety and sexual infertility-related stress in men and women.

Design: Prospective study.

Setting: University-affiliated teaching hospital.

The relationship between coping and depression in men and women referred for in vitro fertilization.

This study examined coping with infertility and how coping is related to depression for men and women. Results showed that both men and women who engage in a disproportionate degree of escape/avoidance behavior and acceptance of responsibility for infertility were more vulnerable to symptoms of depression.

Examining congruence between partners' perceived infertility-related stress and its relationship to marital adjustment and depression in infertile couples.

Because studies examining the emotional impact of infertility-related stress generally focus on individuals, there has been little research examining how relationship and individual variables are linked. The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of congruence (e.g.