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The Importance of Social Relationships for Infertile Couples’ Well-Being

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Infertility

Part of the book series: The Springer Series on Stress and Coping ((SSSO))

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Social relationships capacity for mitigating the negative impact of stress on physical and psychological well-being has been well documented. Hundreds of studies have examined the influence of social relationships on the way in which people cope with chronic and acute Stressors such as bereavement, malignant disease, unemployment, rape, physical disability, pregnancy, and work overload (see Broadhead, Kaplan, James, Wagner, Schoenbach, Grimson, Heyden, Tibblin, & Gehlbach, 1983; Gottlieb, 1983; House, Landis, & Umberson, 1988; Kessler, Price, & Wortman, 1985; and Wallston, Alagna, DeVellis, & DeVellis, 1983, for reviews of this literature).

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Abbey, A., Andrews, F.M., Halman, L.J. (1991). The Importance of Social Relationships for Infertile Couples’ Well-Being. In: Stanton, A.L., Dunkel-Schetter, C. (eds) Infertility. The Springer Series on Stress and Coping. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0753-0_4

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