Sexual growth and destiny beliefs: Longitudinal associations with dyadic coping among couples seeking medically assisted reproduction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Medically assisted reproduction is a vulnerable time for couples' sexual health. Believing that sexual challenges can be worked through (i.e., sexual growth beliefs) or that these challenges indicate incompatibility (i.e., sexual destiny beliefs) may be related to dyadic coping-the strategies couples use to cope-with the physical and psychological stressors of medically assisted reproduction.

Aim

In the current study we aimed to examine the longitudinal associations between typical (i.e., average) levels of sexual growth and destiny beliefs and positive and negative facets of dyadic coping and how greater than typical levels of these constructs predicted each other across time.

Methods

Couples (n = 219) seeking medically assisted reproduction were recruited

SUBMITTER: Rossi MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10545535 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature