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. 2014 Oct;8(3):315-24.
Epub 2014 Nov 1.

Infertile individuals' marital relationship status, happiness, and mental health: a causal model

Seyed Habiballah Ahmadi Forooshany  1 , Fariba Yazdkhasti  1 , Saiede Safari Hajataghaie  1 , Mohammad Hossein Nasr Esfahani  2
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Infertile individuals' marital relationship status, happiness, and mental health: a causal model

Seyed Habiballah Ahmadi Forooshany et al. Int J Fertil Steril. 2014 Oct.

Abstract

Background: This study examined the causal model of relation between marital relation- ship status, happiness, and mental health in infertile individuals.

Materials and methods: In this descriptive study, 155 subjects (men: 52 and women: 78), who had been visited in one of the infertility Centers, voluntarily participated in a self-evaluation. Golombok Rust Inventory of Marital Status, Oxford Happiness Ques- tionnaire, and General Health Questionnaire were used as instruments of the study. Data was analyzed by SPSS17 and Amos 5 software using descriptive statistics, independent sample t test, and path analysis.

Results: Disregarding the gender factor, marital relationship status was directly related to happiness (p<0.05) and happiness was directly related to mental health, (p<0.05). Also, indirect relation between marital relationship status and mental health was significant (p<0.05). These results were confirmed in women participants but in men participants only the direct relation between happiness and mental health was significant (p<0.05).

Conclusion: Based on goodness of model fit in fitness indexes, happiness had a mediator role in relation between marital relationship status and mental health in infertile individu- als disregarding the gender factor. Also, considering the gender factor, only in infertile women, marital relationship status can directly and indirectly affect happiness and mental health.

Keywords: Happiness; Infertility; Marital Relationship; Mental Health.

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Theoretical path model for the relation between marital relationship status, happiness, and mental health.
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The causal model of relation between marital relationship status, happiness, and mental health in all participants (including men and women).
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The causal model of relation between marital relationship status, happiness, and mental health.
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The causal model of relation between marital relationship status, happiness, and mental health in men.
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