Does Self-Compassion Play a Mediating Role Between Stress and Fertility Adjustment in Women Undergoing Infertility Treatment? A Structural Equation Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between stress, self-compassion, and fertility adjustment in women undergoing infertility treatment in Turkey and to determine whether stress influences fertility adjustment through the mediating effect of self-compassion.

Design

A cross-sectional and descriptive design was used in the study.

Method

The study was conducted with 290 women who applied to the in vitro fertilisation unit in a university hospital in Ankara, Turkey. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlation, and structural equation analysis were used for statistical analysis.

Results

According to the results of structural equation modelling, self-compassion was found not to affect fertility adjustment, while infertility-related stress directly in

SUBMITTER: Vural Aktan G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12721926 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature