%0 Journal Article %A Besharat, Mohammad Ail %A Hoseinzadeh Bazargani, Rouhieh %T A Comparative Study of Fertile and Infertile Women’s Mental Health and Sexual Problems %J Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology %V 12 %N 2 %U http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-24-en.html %R %D 2006 %K Key words: infertility, psychological well-being, sexual problems, %X  AbstractObjectives: This study was carried out with the aim of comparing the mental health and sexual problems of fertile and infertile women.Method: The subjects consisted of 45 fertile and 45 infertile women referred to the infertility treatment clinic at Imam Khomeini Hospital in Tehran, who participated in the study by completing the Golombok-Rust Inventory of Sexual State Questionnaire (GRISS-F) and the Mental Health Inventory (MHI). Pearson correlation coefficients, t-test for independent groups, ANOVA, and Tukey test were used for data analyses.Results: Infertile women showed lower levels of psychological well-being (p %> http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-24-en.pdf %P 146-153 %& 146 %! %9 Original Research %L A-10-1-24 %+ %G eng %@ 1735-4315 %[ 2006