Comparison of Resilience, Positive/Negative Affect, and Psychological Vulnerability Between Iranian Infertile and Fertile Men

Objective: to compare resilience, positive/negative effect, and psychological vulnerability between fertile and infertile men. methods: the research sample consisted of 40 fertile and 40 infertile men who were selected among men who presented to an infertility clinic. to collect data, connor–davidson resilience scale, positive/negative affect schedule, and brief symptoms inventory were used. results: the manova results showed that infertile men had higher mean (sd) score for negative affect (46.15±8.31 vs. 23.10±8.50) and psychological vulnerability (37.90±12.39 vs. 23.30±6.40) than fertile men (p= 0.001); while infertile men had lower resilience (59.35±14.25 vs. 82.17±13.03) and positive affect (43.01±10.46 vs. 61.85±8.14) than fertile men (p= 0.001).the results of multiple regressions showed that resilience and negative affect had the highest significant contribution in prediction of psychological vulnerability in the infertile. conclusion: resilience and negative effects are the best predicators for mental vulnerability of infertile men. these factors may be addressed in future studies in infertile men.