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KMID : 0379720180320010096
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Journal of Korean Community Health Nursing Academic Society
2018 Volume.32 No. 1 p.96 ~ p.108
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Mediator Effect of Marital Intimacy on the Relationship between Depression and Marital Satisfaction of Infertile women
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Kim Mi-Ok
Kim Hee-Sun
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study the mediating effects of marital intimacy the relationship between depression and marital satisfaction of infertile women.
Methods: 165 infertile women visiting a hospital in Gyeonggi-do and Busan, Korea from January 2016 to April 2016. The data was analyzed the SPSS WIN 22.0 program.
Results: Depression, marital satisfaction, and marital intimacy averaged 1.51±.32 (range of scale 0~3), 3.50±.56 (range of scale 1~5), and 3.74±.65 (range of scale 1~5), respectively. Depression had a negative correlation with marital satisfaction (r=-.361, p<.001) and marital intimacy(r=-.183, p<.001). Marital intimacy also had a positive correlation with marital satisfaction (r=.637, p<.001). Marital intimacy partial mediating effects between depression and marital satisfaction (β=.591, p<.001).
Conclusion: the intimacy of couple can alleviate the causal consequences that lead to a decrease in the marital satisfaction due to depression. Therefore, healthcare providers for infertile women should screen depressed women and help support infertile women from negative values for marriage depression. In addition, it is necessary to include interventions for maintaining and enhancing the intimacy of couples during infertility treatment.
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KEYWORD
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Infertile women, Marital intimacy, Depression, Marital satisfaction
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