Presenting a model of psychological helplessness in infertile women based on cognitive flexibility and psychological hardiness with the mediating role of perceived social support
Subject Areas :Fatemeh Hemmati 1 , فریده انصافداران 2 , Seyed Mehdi Hosseini 3
1 - MSc in Psychology, Department of Psychology, Fatemieh Institute of Higher Education, Shiraz, Shiraz, Iran.
2 - PhD in Psychology, Assistant Prof, Department of Psychology, Fatemieh Institute of Higher Education, Shiraz, Shiraz, Iran. Research Center of Quran, Hadith and Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences.
3 - PhD in Psychology, Assistant Prof, Department of Psychology, Fatemieh Institute of Higher Education, Shiraz, Shiraz, Iran
Keywords: psychological helplessness, cognitive flexibility, psychological hardiness, perceived social support,
Abstract :
The purpose of this study was to test the model of cognitive flexibility and psychological hardiness on psychological helplessness with mediation of perceived social support. The study was a correlation through structural equation modeling. The statistical population included all infertile women in Shiraz, which was selected from 250 people with targeted sampling method as sample. The research data were collected by Lovibond and L0vibond psychological helplessness questionnaire(1995), Dennis and Vonder Wal's cognitive flexibility questionnaire(2010), Ahwaz psychological hardiness questionnaire(1377) and Zimet and colleagues perceived social support questionnaire. Data analysis was performed using SPSS and AMOS software. According to the findings, the coefficient of direct pathway of cognitive flexibility to psychological helplessness, cognitive flexibility to perceived social support and psychological hardiness for perceived social support was significant. The coefficient of two direct pathways of psychological hardiness to psychological helplessness and perceived social support to psychological helplessness and also the indirect pathway coefficient of cognitive flexibility to psychological helplessness and psychological hardiness to psychological helplessness through perceived social support is not significant. In order to reduce the psychological helplessness of infertile women, measures should be taken to improve and increase psychological hardiness, cognitive flexibility and perceived social support.