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. 2021 Apr 22;19(4):347–360. doi: 10.18502/ijrm.v19i4.9061

Table 5.

Mean and standard deviation of coping styles and relationship between coping styles and ISD in infertile individuals


Coping styles ISD
Total Female Male
Total Female Male P-value CC P-value CC P-value CC P-value
Problem- focused coping strategy 37.37 ± 9.54 38.08 ± 8.51 36.66 ± 10.46 0.248 –0.001 0.985 –0.028 0.765 0.020 0.827
Emotion-focused coping strategy 38.21 ± 9.67 38.11 ± 9.47 38.32 ± 9.91 0.868 0.149 0.021 0.104 0.259 0.193 0.035
Data presented as Mean ± SD, Pearson's correlation coefficient, CC: Correlation coefficient, ISD: Infertility-specific distress, SD: Standard deviation