Depression and Anxiety in Pathways of Medically Assisted Reproduction: The Role of Infertility Stress Dimensions

Table 4: MANCOVA of depressive/anxious symptoms on infertility stress dimensions and gender in the MAR pathways.

Homologous MAR Pathways (n = 118)
Outcomes	Parameters	β	t	p	95% CI		Partial η²
Outcomes	Parameters	β	t	p	Lower	Upper	Partial η²
BDI-II	Intercept	-,814	-,296	,768	-6,269	4,641	,001
	FPI-Rejection of a Childfree Lifestyle	-,037	-,438	,663	-,206	,131	,002
	FPI-Need for Parenthood	-,026	-,385	,701	-,160	,108	,001
	FPI-Sexual Concerns	,277	3,014	,003	,095	,458	,076
	FPI-Social Concerns	,164	2,157	,033	,013	,314	,040
	FPI-Relationship Concerns	,150	1,742	,084	-,021	,320	,027
	Male gender	-1,286	-1,111	,269	-3,580	1,007	,011
	Female gender	0^a	0^a	0^a	0^a	0^a	0^a
STAI-Y Trait	Intercept	25,350	6,543	,000	17,672	33,028	,278
	FPI-Rejection of a Childfree Lifestyle	-,006	-,047	,962	-,243	,232	,000
	FPI-Need for Parenthood	-,012	-,128	,899	-,201	,177	,000
	FPI-Sexual Concerns	,380	2,940	,004	,124	,636	,072
	FPI-Social Concerns	,329	3,083	,003	,118	,541	,079
	FPI-Relationship Concerns	,012	,098	,922	-,228	,251	,000
	Male gender	,073	,045	,964	-3,155	3,301	,000
	Female gender	0^a	0^a	0^a	0^a	0^a	0^a
STAI-Y State	Intercept	24,892	5,018	,000	15,063	34,722	,185
	FPI-Rejection of a Childfree Lifestyle	,187	1,217	,226	-,117	,490	,013
	FPI-Need for Parenthood	-,067	-,551	,583	-,309	,175	,003
	FPI-Sexual Concerns	,447	2,703	,008	,119	,775	,062
	FPI-Social Concerns	,206	1,504	,136	-,065	,477	,020
	FPI-Relationship Concerns	,125	,809	,420	-,181	,432	,006
	Male gender	-2,855	-1,369	,174	-6,987	1,277	,017
	Female gender	0^a	0^a	0^a	0^a	0^a	0^a
Heterologous MAR pathway (n = 108)
Outcomes	Parameters	β	t	p	95% CI		Partial η²
Outcomes	Parameters	β	t	p	Lower	Upper	Partial η²
BDI-II	Intercept	-4,951	-1,540	,127	-11,33	1,430	,023
	FPI-Rejection of a Childfree Lifestyle	,002	,023	,982	-,194	,199	,000
	FPI-Need for Parenthood	,136	1,572	,119	-,036	,308	,024
	FPI-Sexual Concerns	,235	1,924	,057	-,007	,477	,036
	FPI-Social Concerns	,093	1,089	,279	-,077	,263	,012
	FPI-Relationship Concerns	,038	,402	,689	-,151	,228	,002
	Male gender	-2,162	-1,768	,080	-4,588	,264	,031
	Female gender	0^a	0^a	0^a	0^a	0^a	0^a
STAI-Y Trait	Intercept	20,023	4,712	,001	11,591	28,455	,183
	FPI-Rejection of a Childfree Lifestyle	,029	,220	,826	-,231	,288	,000
	FPI-Need for Parenthood	,175	1,534	,128	-,051	,402	,023
	FPI-Sexual Concerns	,304	1,884	,063	-,016	,624	,035
	FPI-Social Concerns	,235	2,081	,040	,011	,459	,042
	FPI-Relationship Concerns	-,023	-,186	,853	-,274	,227	,000
	Male gender	-1,010	-,625	,533	-4,217	2,196	,004
	Female gender	0^a	0^a	0^a	0^a	0^a	0^a
STAI-Y State	Intercept	20,927	4,759	,000	12,201	29,652	,186
	FPI-Rejection of a Childfree Lifestyle	,012	,092	,927	-,256	,281	,000
	FPI-Need for Parenthood	,203	1,715	,090	-,032	,438	,029
	FPI-Sexual Concerns	,354	2,120	,037	,023	,685	,043
	FPI-Social Concerns	,226	1,932	,056	-,006	,458	,036
	FPI-Relationship Concerns	-,029	-,226	,822	-,289	,230	,001
	Male gender	-4,615	-2,760	,007	-7,933	-1,297	,071
	Female gender	0^a	0^a	0^a	0^a	0^a	0^a

Note. BDI-II = Beck Depression Inventory-II edition, CI = Confidence Interval, FPI = Fertility Problem Inventory, MAR = Medically Assisted Reproduction, STAI-Y = State-Trait Anxiety Inventory - Y form, ^a This parameter is set at zero because redundant.