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Strategies for coping with infertility. 1989

V J Callan, and J F Hennessey

Department of Psychology, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia.

Cognitive models of coping point to the use by individuals of appraisal-focused, problem-focused and emotion-focused coping, as well as the need to consider an individual's coping response in terms of their intrapersonal and interpersonal resources. This cognitive approach was applied to organizing findings from research into the experience of infertility. At least nine coping strategies are identified that can be employed by couples. Discussion also raises several research questions about the personal crisis of infertility that need to be further investigated.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007246	Infertility	A reduced or absent capacity to reproduce.	Sterility,Reproductive Sterility,Sterility, Reproductive,Sub-Fertility,Subfertility
D008297	Male		Males
D008960	Models, Psychological	Theoretical representations that simulate psychological processes and/or social processes. These include the use of mathematical equations, computers, and other electronic equipment.	Model, Mental,Model, Psychological,Models, Mental,Models, Psychologic,Psychological Models,Mental Model,Mental Models,Model, Psychologic,Psychologic Model,Psychologic Models,Psychological Model
D010551	Personality	Behavior-response patterns that characterize the individual.	Personalities
D011340	Problem Solving	A learning situation involving more than one alternative from which a selection is made in order to attain a specific goal.
D003071	Cognition	Intellectual or mental process whereby an organism obtains knowledge.	Cognitive Function,Cognitions,Cognitive Functions,Function, Cognitive,Functions, Cognitive
D003717	Denial, Psychological	Refusal to admit the truth or reality of a situation or experience.	Denial, Psychology,Psychological Denial
D004644	Emotions	Those affective states which can be experienced and have arousing and motivational properties.	Feelings,Regret,Emotion,Feeling,Regrets
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man