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Begutachtete Artikel in FachzeitschriftenImaginability of adoption, foster care, and life without a(nother) child and stress in women and men in fertility treatment

Passet-Wittig, Jasmin; Schneider, Norbert F. (2018)

Journal of Health Psychology [online first]

DOI: 10.1177/1359105318758857

We study whether the imaginability of adoption, foster care, and life without a(nother) child protects from stress during fertility treatment. Data from a self-administered prospective cohort study of couples who had just started treatment were used (T1 = 441 respondents; T2 = 142 respondents). Most respondents cannot imagine alternatives to treatment. Adoption/foster care is preferred over life without children. Imaginability of alternatives is associated with lower fertility-related (T1) and treatment-related stress (T2). Experience of a pregnancy/birth does not moderate the association. Thus, the availability of alternatives to treatment turns out to be helpful in terms of self-regulation during fertility treatment.

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