the relation between couple's infertility distress with their partner's attachment and coping styles

Context: one of the potential risk factors for marital problems in infertile couples is the difference incouple’s attachment and coping style to the infertility problems.aim: we amide to investigate the relation between couple’s infertility distress with their partner's attachmentand coping styles.setting and design: this observational‑cross‑sectional study was done on infertile couples that referredto the infertility center of imam khomeini hospital in sari, iran, 2016–2017.materials and methods: data were collected using convenient sampling method from 120 infertile couplesthrough sociodemographic questionnaire, lazarus‑folkman coping strategy questionnaire, collins and readattachment strategy questionnaire (raas), and infertility-specific distress questionnaire (isd).statistical analysis: descriptive statistics that were used include frequency, means, and standard divisionand analytical statistics include one‑way anova, independent sample t test, chi-square test and pearsoncorrelation coefficient test were used.results: the mean isd score was obtained by husbands 42.50 ± 9.5, wives 42.55 ± 9.7 and couples42.53±9.63. one-way anova test showed that the wives' infertility distress was correlated with theirpartners attachment style (p=0.004) while husbands' infertility distress wasn't correlated with their partnersattachment style (p=0.485). also, based on pearson correlation coefficient test there is no correlationbetween the couple's infertility distress and their partner's coping strategy.conclusions: the relationship of couples and their adjustment to infertility is influenced by their partner'sattachment style and coping style. therefore, identification of these patterns may help in identifying needand tailoring psychological interventions to infertile couples.