Perceived Social Support and Life Satisfaction in Infertile Women Undergoing Treatment: A Moderated Mediation Model

Frontiers in Psychology

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Xiying Chu¹  Yaoguo Geng²  Ruiping Zhang²  Wenjing Guo² 

[1] The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University;School of Education, Zhengzhou University;School of Marxism, Zhengzhou University

关键词: perceived social support;    life satisfaction;    self-compassion;    infertility self-efficacy;    infertile women;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.651612

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Perceived social support is positively related to life satisfaction in infertile women. Whereas, the underlying mechanism of this relationship is unclear. The present study aimed to investigate whether self-compassion mediated the relationship of perceived social support with life satisfaction and whether infertility self-efficacy moderated the relationship between perceived social support and self-compassion in infertile women. A total of 290 infertile women in mainland China undergoing treatment completed an online survey assessing perceived social support, life satisfaction, self-compassion, and infertility self-efficacy. The results supported the mediation model that perceived social support was associated with life satisfaction via self-compassion. Besides, infertility self-efficacy moderated the relationship between perceived social support and self-compassion. Specifically, perceived social support displayed a stronger predictive effect on self-compassion when infertile women had higher level of infertility self-efficacy.

【 授权许可】

CC BY