Publications by authors named "Mariana Veloso Martins"
Study Question: Do involuntary definitive childless women have lower psychosocial adjustment levels than women with infertility diagnoses actively trying to conceive and presumably fertile women?
Summary Answer: Involuntary definitive childless women have lower levels of sexual functioning than infertile women actively trying to conceive and presumably fertile women, and higher levels of depression than presumably fertile women.
What Is Known Already: Involuntary definitive childless defines those who wanted to become parents but were unable to do so. Studies have provided evidence about infertility and its psychosocial consequences, but there is a lack of knowledge about the impact of involuntary definitive childlessness, namely on sexual function, social support, marital satisfaction, and psychological adjustment.
Background: Stepfamilies are a prevalent family form. However, less stable than nuclear, first marriage families due to the presence of risk factors such as the absence of social norms and the presence of stepchildren. Stepfamilies have unique educational needs regarding stepparenting and co-parenting issues.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: This study examined the effects of anxiety and depression on sexual functioning in couples trying to conceive, and tested the moderating role of infertility diagnosis on this association.
Design: An online questionnaire was completed by 1453 individuals in a heterosexual relationship for more than one year. The final sample had 107 couples who were actively attempting a pregnancy (63 had an infertility diagnosis; 44 were presumably fertile).
Study Question: Is the first-time redeemed prescription of antidepressants predicted by the level of infertility-related stress in women seeking ART treatment?
Summary Answer: Infertility-related stress in the personal and marital domains and general physical stress reactions were significant predictors of a first redeemed prescription of antidepressants after ART treatment in this 10-year follow-up cohort study.
What Is Known Already: The literature has found inconsistent findings regarding the association between infertility-related stress and later psychological adjustment in fertility patients. The association between infertility-related stress and later prescription of antidepressants had never been explored in long-term cohort studies.
Study Question: Are couples initiating ART treatment at higher risk for future union dissolution compared to other couples?
Summary Answer: There is no effect of ART treatments in future marital dissolution over a period of 16 years when adjusting for all confounders.
What Is Known Already: Findings regarding marital stability and infertility treatments have been sparse and controversial. While there is data showing higher divorce rates among women who go through infertility treatments, there is also some evidence of this experience bringing couples closer by forcing them to communicate more and to deal with the surrounding stigma.
Background: Similarly to women, men suffer from engaging in fertility treatments, both physically and psychologically. Although there is a vast body of evidence on the emotional adjustment of women to infertility, there are no systematic reviews focusing on men's psychological adaptation to infertility and related treatments.
Objective And Rationale: The main research questions addressed in this review were 'Does male psychological adaptation to unsuccessful medically assisted reproduction (MAR) treatment vary over time?' and 'Which psychosocial variables act as protective or risk factors for psychological maladaptation?'
Search Methods: A literature search was conducted from inception to September 2015 on five databases using combinations of MeSH terms and keywords.