Document Type : Scientific Research

Authors

• Samira Khani ¹
• Narges Babakhani ²

¹ M.A. in Clinical Psychology, Islamic Azad University,Karaj,Iran.

² Assistant Professor Islamic Azad University of Roudehen &Young Researchers and EliteClub, Roudehen Branch ,Iran

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the relationship between spiritual growth and perceived stress with happiness, in infertile and Infertility women in Tehran. Method: Society is Include all of fertile and infertile women who were referred to 25 Infertility Treatment Centers in Tehran. Of these centers, the Laleh and Avicenna Infertility Treatment centers selected randomly.The study sample consisted of 106 Fertile women and comparative sample consisted of 105 infertile women were selected by available sampling method,they responded to three questionnaires:spiritual assessment inventory (SAI), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and the Oxford Happiness Inventory (OHI).reliability coefficients of the Tests whit using Cronbach's alpha, respectively, 0/77,0/73 and 0/78 is obtained. Findings: results of the data with the assumption of homogeneity of variance were used of, multiple regression, Pearson and Fisher indicate that In infertile women between spiritual growth and happiness, there is a significant positive correlation And there is a significant indirect correlation with perceived stress (p<0/001).but in fertile women happiness only has significant indirect correlation with perceived stress (p<0/001). Fisher's test showed there is a significant different correlation between spiritual growth and happiness in fertile and infertile women (p<0.005). Regression analysis showed that perceived stress in fertile women is only variable that can significantly predict happiness by 17%. But two variables, perceived stress in infertile women and spirituality together are able to predict 52 percent of the variance in happiness. Conclusion: It seems that the strengthening of spirituality and finding meaning in life through the pain of infertility can reduce perceived stress and increase happiness

Keywords

• Infertility
• spiritual growth
• Perceived stress
• happiness