Quality of Life, Self Esteem, Coping, Rejection Sensitivity and Depression among Infertile Men and Women

Abstract

This study investigated quality of life, self-esteem, coping, rejection sensitivity and depression among infertile men and women of Lahore. Through purposive sampling data was collected from two private hospitals of Lahore from 120 infertile individuals, with female age ranging between 22-45 years (M=30.91; SD= 5.26) and male age ranging between 24-53 years (Mage=35.1; S. D=6.97). Correlation research design was used. Ferti Quality of Life Scale, Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale, Coping Inventory for Stressful Situations (CISS), The Adult Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire (ARSQ), Beck Depression Inventory-II and Demographic Questionnaire were used for assessment. Resultsof Pearson Product Moment Corelationshowed a significant positive relationship in quality of life, self-esteem, avoidance coping and problem focused coping among infertile individuals. Asignificant negative relation was found in the quality of life,depression and emotion focused coping. Asignificant correlation in the quality of life with depression, self-esteem and emotion focused coping anda non-significant correlation exist among individuals in the quality of life with rejection sensitivity, avoidance coping and problem focused copingwas found. The regression analyses results predicted that depression, self-esteem and emotion focused coping to be strong predictors of quality of life in infertile individuals.