SELF-EFFICACY AND COPING STYLES OF INFERTILE WOMEN IN PESHAWAR

The current study investigated the impact of the type of infertility (primary and secondary) on the self-efficacy and coping strategies of infertile women. The study also investigated the relationship between coping and self-efficacy. A sample of (N = 100) was included in the study out of which (n = 50) were women with primary infertility and (n = 50) were females having secondary infertility. The sample was taken from different gynecological clinics and hospitals as well as from the general population. A demographic sheet along the Infertility Self-Efficacy (ISE) and Coping Strategy Inventory (CSI) was used to measure self-efficacy and coping. Independent sample t-tests were conducted for data analysis. It was assumed that the self-efficacy of women having secondary infertility will be better than women having primary infertility. It was also hypothesized that infertile women with high self-efficacy would use adaptive coping strategies as compared to infertile women with low self-efficacy. The results of the study indicated that the self-efficacy of women having secondary infertility is better than women having primary infertility. our findings also supported our assumption that infertile women with high self-efficacy would use adaptive coping strategies as compared to infertile women with low self-efficacy.