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The Relation Between Religious Coping, Adjustment to Fertility, Being Affected by Infertility, and Satisfaction with Life in Turkish Women with Infertility

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Religion has been an important tool in treating the difficulties expereinced by infertile females. This study was conducted to determine the relationship between religious coping styles and infertility adjustment, infertility distress, and satisfaction with life in a group of women with infertility problems. The study was a cross-sectional study that involved a convenience sample of 168 women with infertility living in Turkey. A weak negative correlation was found between women's positive religious coping and infertility distress. There was no significant correlation between women's negative religious coping and their infertility adjustment, infertility distress, and satisfaction with life.

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  1. Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, 58140, Sivas, Turkey

    Gulbahtiyar Demirel

  2. Department of Internal Disease Nursing, Health High School of Susehri, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, 58140, Sivas, Turkey

    Feride Taskin Yilmaz

  3. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, IVF Center, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey

    Ayse Gonca Yenicesu

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G.D., F.T.Y. and A.G.Y were responsible for study concept and design, acquisition of data and drafting of the manuscript. G.D. and F.T.Y were responsible for analysis and interpretation of data and critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content. G.D. was responsible for final approval of the version to be published and agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

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Before starting the study, written permission was obtained from the ethics committee of a university (decision no: 2020–06/01) and the institution where the research was conducted. In addition, written and verbal consent was obtained from women, who agreed to participate in the study, by providing information about the purpose and confidentiality of the study. All procedures in the studies were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committees, and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments.

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Demirel, G., Taskin Yilmaz, F. & Yenicesu, A.G. The Relation Between Religious Coping, Adjustment to Fertility, Being Affected by Infertility, and Satisfaction with Life in Turkish Women with Infertility. J Relig Health 60, 4264–4277 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-021-01319-1

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