Shimaa Salah Elsayed
Asst. Professor
Effect of Emotional Regulation Program on Marital Satisfaction and Psychological Wellbeing Among Women with Infertility
Egyptian Journal of Health Care • 2024
Publication Information
Authors
Shimaa Salah Elsayed
(1), Rehab Elsayed Mohammed
(2), Samah Saad Mostafa
(3)
Keywords
Emotional regulation, Infertility, Marital satisfaction and Psychological wellbeing
Journal
Egyptian Journal of Health Care
Publisher
Shimaa Salah Elsayed
Volume
15
Issue
4
Pages
2157-2172
publication.type
Local
Paper Link
Not Available
Supplementary Materials
Shimaa Salah Elsayed_6.pdf
Abstract
Background: As a biological problem, infertility affects people psychologically on a personal andsocial level. Therefore, it would be reasonable to anticipate psychological effects followinganinfertility diagnosis. Aim of the study: was to evaluate the effect of emotional regulationprogramon marital satisfaction and psychological wellbeing among women with infertility. Researchdesign:Quasi-experimental research design Pre-post (study and control group) was conducted. Setting: Thestudy was carried out at obstetric clinic affiliated to Benha University Hospital, Egypt. Subject: Apurposive sample of (60) women with infertility was chosen. Tools of data collection: I:
Interviewing questionnaire, II: Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, III: Marital SatisfactionScale, IV: Psychological Well-Being Scale. Results: t-test indicated that there were significant differencesin emotional regulation, marital satisfaction and psychological wellbeing between the twogroupsafter the intervention (p < 0.05) of the emotional regulation program. There was statisticallysignificant positive correlation between total mean score of emotional regulation, marital
satisfaction and psychological wellbeing among study group post programimplementation. Conclusion: the emotional regulation program sessions applied in the current studyhassignificantly improved the marital satisfaction and psychological wellbeing among the studiedwomen with infertility. Recommendations: recommended that medical centers and fertilityclinicsinclude emotion regulation programs as an essential part of the infertility treatment plan toimprovepsychological adjustment and ability to cope with stress.
Interviewing questionnaire, II: Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, III: Marital SatisfactionScale, IV: Psychological Well-Being Scale. Results: t-test indicated that there were significant differencesin emotional regulation, marital satisfaction and psychological wellbeing between the twogroupsafter the intervention (p < 0.05) of the emotional regulation program. There was statisticallysignificant positive correlation between total mean score of emotional regulation, marital
satisfaction and psychological wellbeing among study group post programimplementation. Conclusion: the emotional regulation program sessions applied in the current studyhassignificantly improved the marital satisfaction and psychological wellbeing among the studiedwomen with infertility. Recommendations: recommended that medical centers and fertilityclinicsinclude emotion regulation programs as an essential part of the infertility treatment plan toimprovepsychological adjustment and ability to cope with stress.
