comparing the relation between spiritual growth and perceived stress with happiness among fertile and infertile women of tehran city

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.   results: 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  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