The Relationship between Perceived Stress and Marital Satisfaction in Couples with Infertility: Actor-Partner Interdependence Model

a:4:{s:9:"Objective";s:459:"Infertility has been ranked as one of the great stressors in life and may adversely affect marital satisfaction. There have been no studies investigating the relationship between perceived stress and marital satisfaction at the dyadic level. This study investigated the effect of actors and partners' perceived stress on marital satisfaction in husband-wife dyads using an innovative dyadic analysis approach, the Actor–Partner Interdependence Model (APIM).";s:19:"MaterialsAndMethods";s:510:"In this cross-sectional study, a total of 141 couples with infertility recruited. Marital satisfaction and stress were assessed using ENRICH marital satisfaction scale and Perceived Stress Scale-4 Item, respectively. Dyadic data were analyzed using the APIM approach, with distinguishable dyad. In this approach, actor effect is the impact of a person's perceived stress on his/her own marital satisfaction. Partner effect is the impact of a person's perceived stress on his/her partner's marital satisfaction.";s:7:"Results";s:652:"Results reveled that both men and women’s perceived stress exhibited an actor effect on their own marital satisfaction (β=-0.312, P