چکیده (انگلیسی):

Infertility has a strong and negative impact in several areas of the individual’s life. The infertile
women may lose prestige in society, may develop a low self-esteem, and may lose hope for the future. This
study compared psychosocial responses in 90 infertile women and normal women. An ex post facto design was
used. The subjects of the present study were infertile women in an infertility treatment center in, Ahwaz, Iran.
Women selected by randomly sampling. The women completed the psychosocial responses. Data were analyzed
using analysis of variance. Differences were found between the groups on the psychosocial responses (selfimage/self-esteem, guilt/blame, sexuality problems, and interpersonal relationship).