The Comparison of Resilience and Perceived Social support in infertile women with High and Low Levels of Infertility Stigma

This study aimed to compare resilience and perceived social support in infertile women with high and low levels of infertility stigma. The design of the present study was a descriptive and causal-comparative design. The statistical population was infertile women who referred to Jihad Arak University's Royan Infertility Center in 1401. 98 infertile women were selected as the research sample by available and purposeful sampling method (49 infertile women with high and 49 infertile women with low levels of infertility stigma). Participants answered the Infertility Stigma Consciousness Questionnaire, Resilience Scale and Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. Multivariate analysis of variance was used to analyze the data. The present study showed that infertile women with high levels of infertility stigma had significantly lower scores than the comparing group in resilience and perceived social support (P<0.05). Findings of this study clarify the importance of paying attention to psycho-social factors in dealing with the stigma of infertility.