Abstract
The Impact of Social Support on Infertility-Related Stress: A Study in the Vietnamese Context
Highlights
Producing, raising and educating children is one of the basic functions of the family
This study aimed to evaluate the prediction of social support on infertility-related stress in the socio-cultural context in Vietnam
This study examines the impact of social support resources on 997 Vietnamese diagnosed with infertility in the North, Central and South
Summary
Producing, raising and educating children is one of the basic functions of the family. Infertility is a medical defined as a reproductive related disease which causes the failure to a clinical pregnancy after 12 months or more among couples with regular unprotected sexual intercourse (Zegers-Hochschild et al, 2009). Many studies have shown that infertility creates psychological trauma for people, and childlessness leads to suffering and depression, as well as stigma and ostracism (Cui, 2010; Chachamovich et al, 2010). Compared with patients with other medical conditions, the psychological symptoms associated with infertility and their treatment are similar to those in patients with cancer, hypertension, and cardiac rehabilitation (Lawson et al, 2014; Domar et al, 1993). Most young Chinese men and women feel a cultural compulsion to have children in order to continue the lineage
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