Subjective well-being in infertile couples.

The subjective well-being of infertile couples is affected by numerous variables. One hundred and ten infertile couples were investigated using the von Zerssen symptom checklist. With the exception of sterile women of fertile men (group 1: female infertility), women and men in the overall randomized sample and the diagnostic groups (group 2: subfertility of the man; group 3: sterility of both partners; group 4: idiopathic sterility) report fewer general symptoms than the overall population of patients with somatic and psychiatric diseases.

Coping with male infertility. Gender differences.

Infertility is a stressor that affects the infertile couple. Coping of infertile couples with the unfulfilled desire for a child is affected by numerous variables. Depending on the diagnose is the patients were assigned to four groups: Group 1: female infertility (infertile women of fertile men), Group 2: infertility of the men, Group 3: infertility of both partners, Group 4: idiopathic sterility).

[Unfulfilled desire for a child--coping strategies of involuntarily childless women and men].

Objective: We analyzed whether coping strategies vary depending on gender and sterility diagnosis.

Material And Methods: We investigated 110 couples using the "Freiburg Questionnaire of Coping with Illness" by Muthny [14]. The questionnaire consists of 5 analytic scales, covering one coping-strategy each: F1: depressive coping; F2: problem-faced coping; F3: diversion and building-oneself-up; F4: religion and sense-seeking; F5: trivialization and wishful thinking.