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Journal of Korean Academy of Women's Health Nursing 1999;5(1):30-42.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4069/kjwhn.1999.5.1.30   
A Study on the Relationship between Social Support and the Infertility Stress of Infertile Women
Hee Kyung Kim
Department of Nursing, Kong-Ju National Culture College, Kongju, Korea
Abstract
The purpose of this study was determine the relationship between social support and the infertility stress of infertile women. The subjects for this were 64 infertile women living in S city, Kyung Book Province. The data was collected during 4th July and 14th August, 1988 using the social support scale developed by Park(1985) and the infertility stress scale developed by Kim et. al.(1995) The data analysis was done by descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient and stepwise multiple regression using SPSS PC program. The results were as follows. 1. The mean of social support of the infertile women was 3.80. 2. The negative correlation was revealed between social support and the infertility stress(r=-.56, p=.001). 3. Research has revealed that the support need of social support was a predictor of the infertility stress of the infertile women, explaining 30.9% of total variance. 4. the general characteristic variable significantly related to the level of the infertility stress of the infertile women was marriage satisfaction(t=-3.28, p=.004). The results of this study suggest that social support is related to the infertility stress of the infertile women. Therefore, The nurse is recommended to apply supportive intervention in caring for infertile women.
Key Words: Infertile women; Social support; Infertility stress


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