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Alireza Afshani, S., Abooei, A., & Mohamad Abdoli, A. (2019). Self-compassion training and psychological well-being of infertile female. International Journal of Reproductive BioMedicine (IJRM), 17(10). https://doi.org/10.18502/ijrm.v17i10.5300

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  • Seyed Alireza Afshani

    Seyed Alireza Afshani

    Social Welfare Department, Social Sciences Faculty, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran
  • Azade Abooei

    Azade Abooei

    Islamic Azad University, Yazd Branch, Yazd, Iran
  • Ali Mohamad Abdoli

    Ali Mohamad Abdoli

    Research and Clinical Center for Infertility, Yazd Reproductive Sciences Institute, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran

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  • Oct 1, 2019

Self-compassion training and psychological well-being of infertile female

International Journal of Reproductive BioMedicine (IJRM) / International Journal of Reproductive BioMedicine (IJRM): Volume 17, Issue No. 10 /

Abstract

Background: The empowerment of psychological well-being is an important and fundamental issue among infertile females.


Objective: The present study investigates the effect of teaching self-compassion on the psychological well-being of initial infertile women.


Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional, quasi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test, 32 infertile women who were referred to the Yazd Reproductive Sciences Institute during 2016-2017 were enrolled. The participants were randomly divided in two groups as control and experiment (n = 16/each). The participants only in the experimental group received 8 sessions of 90 min training (Self-Compassion Training). Ryff’s psychological well-being questionnaire was applied (reliability coefficient = 0.82) and covariance analysis statistical test was used to test the research hypothesis.


Results: There was a significant difference between the estimated mean scores for improving the psychological well-being of the participants in the experiment and control groups (p = 0.007), and the difference indicates that 72.7% of the covariance of the post-test scores is due to self-compassion intervention. Therefore, the intervention of self-compassion training affects the improvement of psychological well-being among infertile women. Also, the pre-test variable is significant with the effect of 94.2% (p = 0.006).


Conclusion: The findings showed that teaching self-compassion to initial infertile women has an effect on their psychological well-being.


Key words: Psychological, Infertility, Female.

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