The life-span developmental model for infertility people

本研究的目的是提出不孕症患者的终身发展模式。采用定性和定量的纵向研究和横断面研究方法，结果表明：不孕症患者的不孕症接受量表由缓解、否认、愤怒、讨价还价、抑郁和接受6个分量表组成。定量数据表明，救济，愤怒，讨价还价，抑郁和接受诱导人格发展。纵向资料分析表明，不孕症患者接受不孕症的过程包括治疗开始时的否认阶段，治疗期间的讨价还价和抑郁阶段，以及最终的接受阶段，无论性别差异和是否有孩子。定性数据显示，不孕不育的人在自己的生活中报告不孕不育的意义。本研究揭示了不孕症患者的终身发展模式，该模式由不孕症的接受过程构成。

The aim of study was to propose the life-span developmental model for infertility people. The longitudinal study and cross-sectional study using qualitative and quantitative data were conducted.The results showed that the acceptance of infertility scales was made and was composed by six subscales of relief, denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Quantitative data showed that relief, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance induced personality development. The longitudinal data analyses showed that the process of acceptance of infertility meant denial stage at beginning of treatment, bargaining and depression stage at period of treatment, and acceptance stage at last in spite of sex difference and existence of child. Qualitative data showed infertility people reported meaning of infertility in their own life. This study indicated the life-span development model for infertility people, which was composed by acceptance process of infertility.