Adjustment to Fertility and Marital Satisfaction
In the relationship of adjustment to fertility with marital satisfaction, we found no significant differences for any
of the dimensions (p> 0.05). We noted, however, that women who have a favourable adjustment to fertility are also
those with higher levels of marital satisfaction in almost all dimensions, except the “Family Functions,” “Social
Network” and “Free Time” dimensions, which seems to be in line with what Lopes (2010) reported, pointing out
that in most cases, infertility has a strong impact on the emotional situation of the couple, which generates individual
or marital emotional disorders and may contribute to the onset and/or worsening of marital problems (Silva, 2011,
Faria et al., 2012).