Effective of emotional regulation on psychological wellbeing and marital satisfaction of Iranian infertile couples

Infertility as a biological phenomenon has personal and interpersonal psychological effects. Thus, after diagnosing Infertility the incidence of psychological consequences would be expectable. This study aimed to assess the effective of emotional regulation training on psychological well-being and marital satisfaction of Iranian infertile couples. This was a semi-experimental study with pre-test, post-test and control group design. The statistical populations consisted of all infertile couples attending the Obstetricians and Gynecologists clinics. The participants of this study contained 40 infertile couples who were selected through the available sampling method. Marital satisfaction scale and psychological well-being questionnaire were used to collect data. The gathered data was analyzed through multivariate analysis of covariance. The results showed that emotional regulation training could significantly affect psychological well-being and marital satisfaction of infertile couples. Also, the capacity and effective of emotion regulation training on psychological, physical and interpersonal happiness and emotional regulation played an important role in coping with stressful life events. Considering the effect of emotional regulation on the marital satisfaction and psychological well-being of the infertile couples, special trainings for these couples and the preventive measures should be taken.