PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF WOMEN WHO BECAME PREGNANT USING THE METHOD OF IN VITRO FERTILIZATION

Abstract

The growth of research in the field of reproductive health psychology, psychology of pregnant women using the method of in vitro fertilization (IVF), an increase in the birth rate using this method, as well as the number of broken families with difficulties with childbearing actualize this research topic in modern psychological science. The presented research is aimed at studying the psychological characteristics of women whose pregnancy occurred with the help of extracorporeal fertilization. The author believes that such women are characterized by a high level of anxiety, suspiciousness, a tendency to analyze the state of their own body, and the manifestation of hysteroid traits. Unlike women whose pregnancy occurred naturally, they tend to be depressed. The results of the study indicate that women whose pregnancy occurred via in vitro fertilization have more expressed anxiety and fear over pregnancy and the health of the unborn child, increased tendency to analyze the state of your own body and «alarming» signals from the environment, behavior with relatives, they often exhibit impulsivity, a game to the public. There is a desire to be in the center of attention and receive psychological stroking. These pregnant women have a fixation on their failures and disappointments, the presence of a passive life position. Women whose pregnancy occurred naturally are not prone to excessive fixation on the sensations in their body or to excessive complaints about the state of health; views and assessments harmoniously coincide with generally accepted norms, the environment of difficulties or misunderstandings does not arise; the mood is mostly smooth and calm, without periods of tension or dissatisfaction. There is a predominance of a favorable experience of pregnancy, based on internal and external resources, positive attitudes to motherhood.