Figure 1.
Included studies characteristics
| Authors, date | Methods: study design, assessment time | Participants | Interpersonal level statistical analysis | Standardised measures of coping strategies | Standardised measures of emotional adjustment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berghuis & Stanton, 2002 | Longitudinal, 1 week prior to alternate insemination attempt and the week after receiving a negative pregnancy result | 43 couples | Hierarchical Multiple Regressions | COPE, Emotional Approach Coping scales | BDI |
| Kroemeke & Kubicka, 2017 | Cross sectional, during ART | 31 couples | APIM | Brief COPE | CES-D, PIL |
| Levin et al., 1997 | Cross sectional, during different stages of infertility treatment | 46 couples | MANOVA | CISS-SSC | BSI |
| Peterson et al., 2006 | Cross sectional, 3 months prior to IVF | 420 couples | MANCOVA | WCQ | BDI |
| Stanton et al., 1992 | Cross sectional, during experience of infertility without IVF attempts | 72 couples | Partial Correlations | WOC | GSI |
Studies examining the association of aspects of coping strategies of men with psychological adjustment of women during the experience of infertility and its treatment/IVF
| Aspects of coping strategies of men | Outcome: Psychological adjustment of women | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studies | Distancing | Emotion – approach coping/Emotion – oriented coping | Substance use | Positive reinterpretation | Problem – focused coping | Pre-treatment/pre-IVF | Mid-treatment/Mid-IVF | Post-treatment (failure)/Post-IVF |
| Berghuis & Stanton, 2002 | High use (prior to treatment) | High use | High use | Decreased depressive symptoms | ||||
| Kroemeke & Kubicka, 2017 | Low use | High sense of life purpose | ||||||
| Peterson et al., 2006 | High use | Increased depressive symptoms | ||||||
Studies examining the association of aspects of coping strategies of women with psychological adjustment of men during the experience of infertility and its treatment/IVF
| Aspects of coping strategies of women | Outcome: Psychological adjustment of women | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studies | Emotion – approach coping /Emotion – oriented coping | Self – controlling coping | Evasive coping/Avoidance | Substance use | Religious coping | Social support seeking | Pre-treatment/pre-IVF | Mid-treatment/Mid-IVF | Post-treatment (failure)/Post-IVF |
| Berghuis & Stanton, 2002 | Low use | Low use | Decreased depressive symptoms | ||||||
| Kroemeke & Kubicka, 2017 | High use | Low use | Low use | High sense of life purpose | |||||
| Levin et al., 1997 | High use (by both women and men) | Increased distress | |||||||
| Peterson et al., 2006 | High use | Increased depressive symptoms | |||||||
| Stanton et al., 1992 | High use | Increased distress | |||||||