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The psychological adjustment of women experiencing infertility
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1988
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Quality Of LifeParental CareFertilityReproductive HealthGynecologyPsychologyInvoluntary ChildlessnessPsychological AdjustmentFemale InfertilityGender StudiesLess SatisfactionInfertile WomenReproductive EthicReproductive MedicineMale Reproductive HealthPublic HealthSexual And Reproductive HealthInfertilityLife SatisfactionMedicineWomen's Health
A comparison of 53 infertile women and 24 mothers who now experienced infertility revealed that infertile women reported less satisfaction with their lives as a whole. In contrast to mothers they rated life as less interesting, less rewarding, emptier, more lonely and they were less content.