Assessing infertility stress: re-examining the factor structure of the fertility problem inventory

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Autor(a) principal: Ramos, Mariana Moura
Data de Publicação: 2012
Outros Autores: Gameiro, S., Canavarro, M. C., Soares, Isabel
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/14544
Resumo: First published online: November 17, 2011
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spelling Assessing infertility stress: re-examining the factor structure of the fertility problem inventoryInfertility stressFertility problem inventorAssisted reproduction technologyinfertilitystressFertility Problem InventoryScience & TechnologyFirst published online: November 17, 2011BACKGROUND Research has documented that fertility problems can negatively affect the life of infertile patients, by imposing an obstacle to one important life goal: the achievement of parenthood. The Fertility Problem Inventory (FPI) proposes a comprehensive approach in assessing infertility stress, by measuring the impact on social, marital and sexual life dimensions and the importance of parenthood in infertile patients' life. This study examined the factor structure of the FPI, testing two alternative models using confirmatory factor analysis. METHODS A sample of 209 infertile patients was recruited in two public hospital departments of assisted reproduction technology. Measures included the FPI, the Brief Symptom Inventory and the ENRICH Marital Inventory. RESULTS Results confirmed the original measurement model of the instrument but suggested that the inclusion of an intermediate conceptual level resulted in a better fit to the model (χ284= 147.89, P< 0.001) i.e. the instrument assesses infertility stress by assessing two main conceptual domains: the impact of infertility in infertile patients’ life and representations about the importance of parenthood. The instrument revealed measurement and structure invariance and construct validity by correlating with other measures assessing similar constructs. CONCLUSIONS This approach to the FPI has important contributions for research and clinical practice by distinguishing between the impact of infertility on different dimensions of a couple’s' life and representations about the importance of parenthood, therefore extending the utility of the FPI in research and clinical practice.M.M.-R. and S.G. were supported by PhD Scholarships from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT-SFRH/BD/23152/2005, FCT-SFRH/BD/21584/ 2005, respectively).Oxford University PressUniversidade do MinhoRamos, Mariana MouraGameiro, S.Canavarro, M. C.Soares, Isabel20122012-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/14544eng0268-116110.1093/humrep/der38822101025http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2011/11/17/humrep.der388.short?rss=1info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:25:42Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/14544Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:20:01.594954Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Assessing infertility stress: re-examining the factor structure of the fertility problem inventory
title Assessing infertility stress: re-examining the factor structure of the fertility problem inventory
spellingShingle Assessing infertility stress: re-examining the factor structure of the fertility problem inventory
Ramos, Mariana Moura
Infertility stress
Fertility problem inventor
Assisted reproduction technology
infertility
stress
Fertility Problem Inventory
Science & Technology
title_short Assessing infertility stress: re-examining the factor structure of the fertility problem inventory
title_full Assessing infertility stress: re-examining the factor structure of the fertility problem inventory
title_fullStr Assessing infertility stress: re-examining the factor structure of the fertility problem inventory
title_full_unstemmed Assessing infertility stress: re-examining the factor structure of the fertility problem inventory
title_sort Assessing infertility stress: re-examining the factor structure of the fertility problem inventory
author Ramos, Mariana Moura
author_facet Ramos, Mariana Moura
Gameiro, S.
Canavarro, M. C.
Soares, Isabel
author_role author
author2 Gameiro, S.
Canavarro, M. C.
Soares, Isabel
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidade do Minho
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Ramos, Mariana Moura
Gameiro, S.
Canavarro, M. C.
Soares, Isabel
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Infertility stress
Fertility problem inventor
Assisted reproduction technology
infertility
stress
Fertility Problem Inventory
Science & Technology
topic Infertility stress
Fertility problem inventor
Assisted reproduction technology
infertility
stress
Fertility Problem Inventory
Science & Technology
description First published online: November 17, 2011
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