Maladaptive Cognitive Emotion Regulation: Risk Factor for Fertility Quality of Life among Infertile Women: A Cross-sectional Study
Year: 2026
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: A BSTRACT Background: Infertility poses considerable emotional and social challenges and is associated with reduced quality of life among women. The experience of infertility can evoke a range of emotional responses, including stress, anxiety and feelings of loss, which leads to psychological distress, making cognitive-emotion regulation a crucial factor to assess and substantiate its interwoven nature. Aim: This study aims to explore this intricate display of cognitive emotion regulation (CER) with fertility quality of life (FQoL) among women suffering from infertility. Settings and Design: The present study employed a cross-sectional, correlational research design. Purposive sampling recruited 103 women aged 20–40 years from two different fertility clinics. Materials and Methods: Participants were assessed with a sociodemographic sheet, the CER Questionnaire and the Hindi FertiQoL Scale. Statistical Analysis Used: The relationships between the variables were explored using descriptive statistics, correlational analysis and hierarchical regression. Results: The findings indicate that FQoL is significantly negatively associated with self-blame and overall maladaptive CER (M-CER) and positively associated with refocus on planning. In hierarchical regression, refocus on planning was added as an adaptive strategy and showed a positive trend in predicting FQoL (β =0.194, P = 0.052), whereas self-blame (β = −0.351, P < 0.01) and M-CER (β = −0.075, P < 0.05) emerged as significant negative predictors. Conclusion: These findings highlight the necessity for focused psychological interventions that assist infertile women in recognising and reducing M-CER strategies while promoting adaptive regulation.
Authors: Anupriya, Aatika Siddiqui, Swaran Lata
Institutions: Amity University, Banaras Hindu University
Language: English
Subfield: Reproductive Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7214967321