Effect of Infertility on Stress Coping Strategies among Women

Infertility may be a disease of the reproductive and genital system which affects men and women both with almost equal frequency. Stress coping strategies is to make master, tolerate, reduce or minimize the effects of stressors. They can include both behavioral strategies and psychological strategies. Infertility affects millions of people of reproductive age worldwide-and has an impact on their families and communities. Estimates suggest that between 48 million couples and 186 million individuals live with infertility globally. Objective is to compare fertile and infertile women in terms of stress coping strategies. The sample was comprised of 100 subject (N=100) age ranging from 25 to 40. Sample was drawn from different locations of Bihar. Purposive cum incidental sampling methods was used for the selection of the sample. Stress coping strategies scale (SCSS-SKMSS) by Manish Kumar Sharma and Surbhi Sharma was used to collect information. Result of this study reveals that stress coping strategies of non-infertile women are better than infertile women.