Study of emotional responses of couples undergoing infertility treatment

Pages: 619-622
Shilpi Singh (Department of Psychology, H.R.P.G. Collage, Khalilabad, Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh)

The present study attempted to explore the expression of emotional responses of Indian couples during infertility treatment period. 150 couples (75 IVF & 75 ICSI) were requested to enlighten by using quantitative approach, Couples had rated their expression of different emotions and their frequency and intensity of emotions. The findings of analysis of variance revealed that treatment condition was significantly affect the positive and negative affectivity and frequency of participants but the intensity was not affected by the treatment procedure. Furthermore, the findings of the study identified no gender differences in expression of emotions with infertility in males and females.