ArticleFrontiers in psychology2023
Dual mediating effects of social support and fertility stress on mindfulness and fertility quality of life in infertile men: A case-control study.
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- Do perceived social support mitigate the influence of infertility stigma on fertility quality of life?Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
- Impact of perceived social support on anxiety and depression in women undergoing in vitro fertilization-embryo transfer: the role of psychological resilience.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2025Article
- Effect of Donor Sperm on Quality of Life in Patients with Severe Oligoasthenosperm After ICSI Failure.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
- Pilot trial of a new self-directed psychological intervention for infertility-related distress.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2024Article
- Infertility-Related Stress, and Dyadic Coping as Predictors of Quality of Life: Gender Differences Among Couples with Infertility Issues.International journal of women's health · 2024Article
- Occupational Heat Exposure and Fertility Stress as Independent Factors of Low Semen Quality: A Multidimensional Analysis.American journal of men's healthArticle
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Abstract
Background: Infertility is one of the three major public health problems in the world, bringing immense physical and psychological damage to men and affecting the quality of men's fertility life. Thus, the purpose of this study was to analyze the status of social support, fertility stress, mindfulness, and fertility quality of life in infertile men, and to explore the dual mediating effects of social support and fertility stress on mindfulness and fertility quality. Methods: A case-control group study was conducted, with 246 men in the case group and 149 in the control group. The Social Support Scale, Fertility Stress Scale, Mindfulness Scale, and Fertility Quality of Life Scale were used to establish a structural equation model using Mplus 8.3 to explore social support and fertility stress. Pathway relationships were drawn between mindfulness and fertility quality of life in infertile men. Results: There were significant differences between infertile and healthy men in each dimension of the core module of fertility quality of life, in the total score of the treatment module, in the total score of social support, in subjective and objective support, and in the total score of fertility stress, social pressure, sexual pressure, marital relationship, and childless pressure ( Conclusion: The fertility quality of life of infertile men is not optimistic. Mindfulness-related interventions and programs can improve their fertility quality of life.
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