Table 3. Comparison of the intervention (N=32) and control (N=35) groups ın terms of anxiety level, infertility distress, and coping with stress.

Variable	T 1	T 2	T 3	F	P
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
State anxiety
Intervention group	46.53 (7.67)	27.78 (4.59)	33.71 (7.21)	78.09	<0.001
Control group	47.48 (6.87)	47.08 (9.21)	50.51 (9.14)	2.69	0.07
t-test	-0.53	-10.69	-8.29
P	0.59	0.00	0.00
Distress
Intervention group	45.18 (10.05)	28.37 (4.59)	31.25 (8.35)	52.31	<0.001
Control group	45.54 (11.42)	50.68 (12.29)	52.02 (13.07)	6.80	<0.001
t-test	-0.13	-9.99	-7.81
P	0.89	0 .00	0.00
Ways of Coping
Self-confident approach
Intervention group	1.94 (0.41)	2.61 (0.26)	2.56 (0.36)	39.78	<0.001
Control group	1.83 (0.35)	1.48 (0.47)	1.30 (0.48)	19.83	<0.001
t-test	1.17	11.77	11.85
p	0.24	0.00	0.00
Optimistic approach
Intervention group	1.83 (0.51)	2.61 (0.27)	2.46 (0.43)	28.70	<0.001
Control group	1.80 (0.50)	1.51 (0.46)	1.41 (0.48)	8.16	<0.001
t-test	0.25	11.88	9.35
P	0.80	0.00	0.00
Social support seeking approach
Intervention group	1.14 (0.61)	1.89 (0.60)	1.79 (0.57)	21.82	<0.001
Control group	1.02 (0.61)	0.90 (0.61)	0.82 (0.55)	2.64	0.07
t-test	0.74	6.68 0.000	7.02
P	0.45	0.00	0.00
Unconfident approach
Intervention group	1.96 (0.60)	1.17 (0.33)	1.26 (0.42)	38.47	<0.001
Control group	2.01 (0.49)	2.11 (0.65)	2.19 (0.46)	1.63	0.20
t-test	-0.36	-7.29	-8.49
P	0.71	0.00	0.00
Submissive approach
Intervention group	1.82 (0.37)	1.20 (0.40)	1.17 (0.53)	27.93	<0.001
Control group	2.00 (0.48)	2.30 (0.50	2.31(0.33)	10.22	<0.001
t-test	-1.65	-9.75	-10.36
P	0.10	0.00	0.00