Psychological Distress, Self-esteem and demographic correlates in Women with Primary and Secondary Infertility in Pakistan

This study aims to investigate the relationship between Selfesteem, Psychological Distress, and demographics correlated in women having primary and secondary Infertility.The sample of 120 women with primary and secondary Infertility was taken Rosenberg Self-esteem Scale (Rosenberg, 1965) was employed to measure the level of Self-esteem and Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (Kessler et al., 1992) was used to access Psychological Distress.The correlation was found through Split Spearman Correlation Analysis.We found Differences in demographic correlates included Age, Duration of Infertility, Body height and weight, and Number of Infertility between primary and secondary Infertility.To determine the differences in Psychological Distress and Self-esteem between both groups, a one-way analysis of variances (ANOVA) was conducted.There is not significant difference found between Psychological Distress and Self-esteem in primary and secondary Infertility.While some of the demographic correlates were found with significant differences in primary and secondary Infertility.This study can help health practitioners and psychologists to identify the differences between primary and secondary Infertility to improve clinical management accordingly.