Background Infertile individuals desire support, as they are highly vulnerable to multi-
dimensional distress. However, support from family, friends and professionals has been …

Male fertility is declining and affects approximately one in seven couples. Reasons for this
are multi-factorial and the subject of on-going research, though environmental contaminants …

Although recent research has highlighted the distressing impact of infertility for men, fertility
issues are still routinely seen as a 'women's issue'–even when male factor infertility is …

One proposed mechanism of social support is the facilitation of primary and secondary
reappraisal of stressful situations. The current study examined the expansion of the original …

This study adopted a dyadic approach to explore the associations between social support
and stress as mediated by coping among infertile couples. All these variables were infertility …

Infertility can place a significant burden on couples and individuals when trying to conceive.
Approximately 20-30% of all cases of infertility are due to male-related factors. Whatever the …

Background Given the complexity of infertility diagnoses and treatments and the
convenience of the internet for finding health-related information, people undergoing …

Background Couples struggling with infertility are increasingly turning to the internet for
infertility-related content and to connect with others. Most of the published data on infertility …

The impact of infertility on the emotional, social and relational aspects of men's lives is now
more widely understood. Yet the impact of infertility on men's working lives and financial …

This panel study explored the effects of male, female, mixed, or idiopathic factor of infertility
on the fertility quality of life (FertiQoL) in involuntarily childless males undergoing fertility …