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- Some couples feel closer and happier together when they go through infertility, even though it’s a tough time.
- Researchers studied how friendship, intimacy, and shared meaning can help couples find more satisfaction in their relationship during infertility.
- The findings suggest that therapists can use these ideas to help couples strengthen their bond and support each other better while dealing with infertility challenges.
Article Abstract
Some couples report that their relationship satisfaction increases through the experience of infertility. Few studies exist which explain how this phenomenon occurs through specific variables. We hypothesized that John Gottman's constructs of friendship and intimacy as well as shared meaning could explain how couples can achieve increased relationship satisfaction. We examined a regression analysis of cross-sectional retrospective individual data for couples who are either experiencing infertility currently or have done so in the recent past. In our nonclinical sample (n = 903), mediation analyses indicated significant influencing pathways for the Gottman shared meaning system, indicating that this construct may explain how couples achieve greater emotional bonding and couple satisfaction through infertility. These findings provide couple therapists with potential areas of focus for couples navigating infertility through the lens of Gottman Method Couple Therapy, including ways to encourage deeper mutual shared meaning amidst the infertility experience.
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