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Psychological health and religious coping of Ghanaian women with infertility

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Oti-Boadi, Mabel, Oppong Asante, Kwaku·2017·BioPsychoSocial Medicine
DOI 10.1186/s13030-017-0105-9PMC PMC5506669
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BACKGROUND: Infertility has been shown to have considerable psychological effects on the well-being of couples, especially women. Religion has been found as a resource used by infertile women to cope with their distress. Little research has examined the influence of religious coping on psychological distress among infertile women in Ghana. This study examines the relationship between positive and negative religious coping and psychological health for women with infertility problems in Ghana. METHODS: One hundred and fifty married women who were receiving assisted reproduction care in two specialized clinics were recruited for this study. Participants were administered with the Brief Symptom Inventory and Brief Religious Coping Scale to assess psychological health associated with infertility and religious coping respectively. A hierarchical regression was performed to examine the relative contribution of the domains of psychological health (i.e. somatization, anxiety and depression) in predicting negative religious coping and positive religious. RESULTS: The results showed that negative religious coping was significant and positively correlated with somatization, depression and anxiety. Furthermore, a positive relationship also existed between positive religious coping and somatization and anxiety but not depression. After controlling for age and duration of infertility, somatization and anxiety predicted positive religious coping whilst all the domains of psychological health (somatization, anxiety and depression) precited negative religious coping. CONCLUSIONS: This study expanded on the existing literature by examining positive and negative religious coping with psychological distress associated with infertility for women. These results underscore the need for health professionals providing therapies for women with infertility to acknowledge and consider their religious beliefs as this influences their mental health.

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Authors
Oti-Boadi, M., & Oppong Asante, K.
Affiliations
Ghana Communication Technology University (GH)
ORCID
Venue
BioPsychoSocial Medicine
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2017-07-12
Volume
11
Issue
1
Pages
20-20
ISSN
1751-0759 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1186/s13030-017-0105-9
PMC
PMC5506669
OpenAlex
W2661130683
Cited by
69
References
34
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FWCI
5.17
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Licence
cc-by
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  • BioPsychoSocial Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Reproductive Health and Technologies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
Keywords
infertility, religious coping, positive and negative religious coping, psychological distress, somatization, anxiety, depression, women's mental health, assisted reproduction, Ghanaian women, religious beliefs

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