A Qualitative Overview of the Infertility Process in Women: Infertility Psychological Counseling

Autor/inn/en	Yüksel, Müge; Yildirim Kurtulus, Hacer; Uzun, Gülgün
Titel	A Qualitative Overview of the Infertility Process in Women: Infertility Psychological Counseling
Quelle	In: International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 10 (2023) 2, S.463-479 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Yüksel, Müge) ORCID (Yildirim Kurtulus, Hacer) ORCID (Uzun, Gülgün)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Females; Pregnancy; Phenomenology; Marriage; Clinical Diagnosis; Therapy; Stress Variables; Social Support Groups; Spouses; Coping; Helplessness; Psychological Patterns; Expectation; Religious Factors; Human Body; Health Behavior; Eating Habits; Medical Services; Obstetrics; Counseling Services; Participant Characteristics; Help Seeking + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Schwangerschaft; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Ehe; Therapie; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Ehepartner; Bewältigung; Hilflosigkeit; Expectancy; Erwartung; Menschlicher Körper; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit; Arzt; Geburtshilfe; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten
Abstract	It is important to examine women's experiences in the infertility process, as being a woman is perceived as a concept that overlaps with motherhood, and the woman herself is exposed to physical pain during the treatment. In this research, which was carried out with a phenomenological pattern, one of the qualitative methods, the experiences of married women diagnosed with infertility regarding the infertility process were examined, and it was tried to determine the themes that would help psychological counselors in the therapeutic process. The study group consists of 10 women selected by criterion sampling using purposeful sampling methods. The results of the research were discussed under seven headings: infertility experience, stress factors, acquired skills, social support resources, the role of the spouse, coping skills, and belief in the treatment. The theme of the infertility experience includes codes of negativeness, helplessness, frustration, and compelling; the theme of stress factors includes codes of expectations, pressure, uncertainty, the passage of treatment, personal conflicts, against his spouse's liability, failure, and the search for a solution; the theme of acquired skills includes codes of coping with the challenges, obtaining medical information, hoping, common share, body recognition, gender awareness, healthy eating, the theme of social support resources includes codes of, contact, spouse, family, friend, and counselor; the theme of the role of spouse includes codes of support; the theme of coping skills includes codes of, religious beliefs, social activities, the sense of common humanity, work and psychological support; the theme of faith for treatment includes codes of hope and despair. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies. Sakarya University, Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Sciences, Sakarya, Turkey. e-mail: ijpesjournal@gmail.com; Web site: https://ijpes.com/index.php/ijpes/index
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01