Abstract
Perceived social support is positively related to life satisfaction in infertile women. Whereas, the underlying mechanism of this relationship is unclear. The present study aimed to investigate whether self-compassion mediated the relationship of perceived social support with life satisfaction and whether infertility self-efficacy moderated the relationship between perceived social support and self-compassion in infertile women. A total of 290 infertile women in mainland China undergoing treatment completed an online survey assessing perceived social support, life satisfaction, self-compassion, and infertility self-efficacy. The results supported the mediation model that perceived social support was associated with life satisfaction via self-compassion. Besides, infertility self-efficacy moderated the relationship between perceived social support and self-compassion. Specifically, perceived social support displayed a stronger predictive effect on self-compassion when infertile women had higher level of infertility self-efficacy.
Highlights
Perceived Social Support, Self-Compassion, and Life Satisfaction in Infertile WomenInfertility is defined as the failure to achieve a successful pregnancy after 12 or more months of regular and unprotected sexual intercourse (Practice Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine., 2008)
Toplu-Demirtas et al (2018) found self-compassion mediated the correlation between perceived social support from family and significant others and subjective well-being in LGB individuals, explaining the 77% of the variance in subjective well-being
An online questionnaire was used in this study to measure perceived social support, life satisfaction, self-compassion, infertility self-efficacy and some information related to infertility
Summary
Perceived Social Support, Self-Compassion, and Life Satisfaction in Infertile WomenInfertility is defined as the failure to achieve a successful pregnancy after 12 or more months of regular and unprotected sexual intercourse (Practice Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine., 2008). Perceived Social Support, Self-Compassion, and Life Satisfaction in Infertile Women. Primary infertility means never having been pregnant. Secondary infertility is defined as having been pregnant at least once before meeting the criteria for infertility. Individuals can perceive social support from multiple sources, such as family, friends, Life Satisfaction in Infertile Women and significant others (Taylor, 2011). The relationship between perceived social support and life satisfaction has not been examined in infertile women in mainland China. It remains unclear how and why perceived social support was associated with life satisfaction in infertile women
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