A study on the gender differences in psycho-social consequences of infertility: Infertile couples using Yazd Infertility Center services

Infertility is a twofold phenomenon: biological as well as psycho-social. Therefore، following the infertility diagnosis by others، one might anticipate the psycho-social consequences. The present study seeks to examine some of the psycho-social consequences of infertility among a sample of infertile men and women in Yazd and also explain gender differences in this regard. The study is conducted via survey method; and data has been collected through questionnaire. The subjects of the study were 360 men and women who have been referred to Yazd’ Infertility Center and selected by means of simple random sampling method. The results of the study show that no significant gender differences were observed in the negative consequences of infertility among infertile men and women. However، there were significant gender differences in such variables as; coping styles with infertility-related stigma، isolation caused by infertility، self-image due to infertility، and perceiving Important Others’ view concerning him/herself.