Does fertility-specific distress vary by race/ethnicity among a probability sample of women in the United States?. (February 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Greil, Arthur L; McQuillan, Julia; Sanchez, Delida
• Is Part Of: Journal of health psychology. Volume 21:Number 2(2016:Feb.)
• Page Start: 183
• Page End: 192
• Publication Date: 2016-02
• Subjects: black -- disparities -- distress -- ethnicity -- hispanic -- infertility -- race -- white; Clinical health psychology -- Periodicals; 613.019
• DOI: 10.1177/1359105314524970
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-1053

Abstract

This study explored whether fertility-specific distress varied by race/ethnicity among a nationally representative sample of US women. Participants were 2363 White ( n = 1266), Black ( n = 569), Hispanic ( n = 453), and Asian ( n = 51) women who participated in the National Survey of Fertility Barriers. Participants were given the Fertility-Specific Distress Scale and assessed for strength of pregnancy intent, primary versus secondary infertility, and socioeconomic hardship. Black women reported lower levels of fertility-specific distress than White women, but these were fully mediated by the strength of pregnancy intentions. Primary versus secondary infertility and economic hardship were not associated with fertility-specific distress.