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Cited by 15Reproductive Health and TechnologiesStress Responses and CortisolEvolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior

Psychosocial stress and infertility: Cause or effect?

Wasser, Samuel K.·1994·Human Nature
DOI 10.1007/bf02692156
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Experimental, theoretical, psychological, and economic barriers have caused physicians to rely on biomedical treatments for infertility at the exclusion of more environmentally oriented ones (e.g., psychosocial stress therapy). An evolutionary model is described for the origin of reproductive failure, suggesting why mammals evolved to be reproductively responsive to the environment and why psychosocial stress should have an especially strong impact on fertility problems. A study of the causal role of psychosocial stress in infertility is then summarized. The paper concludes with implications for future directions for the treatment of infertility and related human reproductive problems.

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  • Adolescent females are predicted to show increased stress responsivity to cues of reduced social support, a key determinant of successful reproduction.

    “We predict that adolescent females should exhibit increased stress responsivity to cues of reduced social support, a key determinant of successful reproduction (Hrdy, 2009; Wasser, 1994; Wasser and Barash, 1983; see also Troisi, 2001).”

    From The Adaptive Calibration Model of stress responsivity (2011) · cites this paper as Wasser, 1994

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Authors
Wasser, S. K.
Affiliations
University of Washington (US)
Corresponding author
Wasser, Samuel K.
ORCID
Wasser, Samuel K.
Venue
Human Nature
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
1994-09
Volume
5
Issue
3
Pages
293-306
ISSN
  • 1045-6767 (ISSN-L)
  • 1936-4776
DOI
10.1007/bf02692156
OpenAlex
W2018221127
Cited by
15
References
46
Citations by year
2021: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1
FWCI
0.43
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • Human Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Reproductive Health and Technologies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Behavioral Neuroscience › Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Keywords
psychosocial stress, infertility, mammalian reproduction, infertility treatment

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