the study of irrational beliefs, defense mechanisms and marital satisfaction in fertile and infertile women

objective: this study aimed to compare irrational beliefs, defense mechanisms and marital satisfaction in fertile and  infertile women. materials and methods: this study was a causal comparative survey performed on 30 fertile and 30 infertile women chosen by available and simple random sampling out of the whole clients referred to vali-e-asr reproductive health research center from february 2009 to september 2009. the instruments of measurement included 3 questionnaires: jones irrational beliefs, defense mechanisms and enrich marital satisfaction which were performed on samples. data were analyzed by spss-16 software. results: the scale of subtests of jones irrational beliefs, defense mechanisms and marital satisfaction were significantly different in fertile and infertile women. conclusion: the results of this study showed that infertile women use irrational beliefs and defense mechanisms more than fertile women and their marital satisfaction is less than fertile women.