Abstract
More than seven million people of childbearing age in the United States experience infertility. For women, the experience of infertility is stressful. The Fertility Problem Inventory (FPI) has been used to quantitatively measure women's experience of infertility-related stress. However, the construct of infertility-related stress is poorly described in existing literature. The purpose of this case study was understand how women experience the FPI as a measure of infertility-related stress. To address this issue, women who are undergoing infertility treatment completed the FPI and participated in unstructured interviews. Archival documents were also retrieved to corroborate findings and satisfy saturation. Results indicate that the FPI is lacking in structure and organization to describe women's experiences of infertility-related stress. Specifically women described feeling infertility having an influence upon their identity and their coping.
Advisor
Jennifer Preston
Committee Member
John Seymour
Committee Member
Penny Rosenthal
Committee Member
Richard Auger
Date of Degree
2015
Language
english
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree
Doctor of Education (EdD)
Department
Counseling and Student Personnel
College
Education
Recommended Citation
Born, S. L. (2015). The Fertility Problem Inventory and Infertility-Related Stress: A Case Study [Doctoral dissertation, Minnesota State University, Mankato]. Cornerstone: A Collection of Scholarly and Creative Works for Minnesota State University, Mankato. https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/etds/413/
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