THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MARITAL ADJUSTMENT AND THINKING STYLES IN INFERTILE WOMEN REFERRED TO ALZAHRA HOSPITAL, TABRIZ- 2014

Infertility is a global problem that inflicts serious damage to the body's
reproductive health. This study aimed to determine the status of marital adjustment and it’s relationship
with thinking styles in infertile women referred to Alzahra hospital of Tabriz, from Auguest until
October 2014.
Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 160 infertile women (aged 15-49
years). Samples were selected based on census. Data were collected by Dyadic Adjustment scale
(DAS), Sternberg’s thinking style scale and socio-demographic questionnaire. Pearson correlation test
was used to explore the association between thinking styles and marital adjustment.
Results: The mean scores of marital adjustment in infertile women was 100.0 ± 22.3 from possible
range score of 0-151. There were a moderate correlation between marital adjustment with legislative
thinking style (r=0.47) and judicial thinking style (r=0.34) and low correlation between marital
adjustment with executive thinking style (r=0.28).
Conclusion: The findings of this study show that correlation of legislative and judicial thinking style
with marital adjustment is more than executive thinking style. The findings of this study can be used
by consultants to inform the women of their thinking style, and it's impact on marital adjustment and
psychological support through adjustment or change current thinking style in order to promote
women's marital