TY - JOUR
T1 - Intrusive and avoidant ideation among females pursuing infertility treatment
AU - Miller, Suzanne M.
AU - Mischel, Walter
AU - Schroeder, Christine M.
AU - Buzaglo, Joanne S.
AU - Hurley, Karen
AU - Schreiber, Pamela
AU - Mangan, Charles E.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - It was shown that infertility and its treatment constitute a stressful experience for women, reflected particularly in disturbing intrusive ideation about the stress source. Infertility patients reported levels of intrusive ideation significantly higher than routine gynecologic patients and not significantly different from levels of psychiatric outpatients being treated for stress reactions to traumatic events. Intrusive ideation also predicted the degree of self-reported infertility-specific distress and dysfunction, further clarifying the key role of such ideation in the experience. Finally, as hypothesized, the frustration level of the treatment experience (as indexed by the number of infertility treatment methods attempted) predicted avoidant ideation. Implications for managing the psychological distress and disruption associated with the infertility treatment experience were discussed.
AB - It was shown that infertility and its treatment constitute a stressful experience for women, reflected particularly in disturbing intrusive ideation about the stress source. Infertility patients reported levels of intrusive ideation significantly higher than routine gynecologic patients and not significantly different from levels of psychiatric outpatients being treated for stress reactions to traumatic events. Intrusive ideation also predicted the degree of self-reported infertility-specific distress and dysfunction, further clarifying the key role of such ideation in the experience. Finally, as hypothesized, the frustration level of the treatment experience (as indexed by the number of infertility treatment methods attempted) predicted avoidant ideation. Implications for managing the psychological distress and disruption associated with the infertility treatment experience were discussed.
KW - Avoidant ideation
KW - Chronic stress
KW - Infertility
KW - Infertility-specific distress and dysfunction
KW - Intrusive ideation
KW - Treatment-failure frustration index
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U2 - 10.1080/08870449808407435
DO - 10.1080/08870449808407435
M3 - Article
SN - 0887-0446
VL - 13
SP - 847
EP - 858
JO - Psychology and Health
JF - Psychology and Health
IS - 5
ER -