When Love Confronts Loss: Marital Satisfaction and Subjective Well-Being among Infertile Couples in Punjab, Pakistan

Clicks: 9
ID: 336581
2025
Free PDF
Article Quality & Performance Metrics
Overall Quality
Not rated
Combines reader engagement with the AI quality analysis. This article has not been analysed, so there is no overall score — reader engagement is measured and shown alongside.
AI Quality Assessment
Not analyzed
Readership in this journal
Emerging

Ranked #176 of 953 articles by views in Pakistan Social Sciences Review

Most read Least read

Bar heights use a square-root scale. Only the 120 most-read articles are drawn; the journal has 953 in total.

Mint this article as an NFT
Not yet minted

Create a permanent, verifiable on-chain record of this article on the Scimatic Network. The NFT is held in your Journament account, and you can withdraw it to your own wallet at any time.

5 SUSD one-off · no wallet required
Sign in to mint
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the sociological and psychological aspects of infertility in Punjab, Pakistan, and the relationship between subjective well-being and marital satisfaction. Infertility is a debilitating illness that has social, psychological, and physiological repercussions. It is frequently associated with stigma, gendered blame, and familial pressure in South Asian societies such as Pakistan, endangering the stability and well-being of marriages. Purposive sampling was used to select 358 infertile respondents (179 men and 179 women) from LIFE-IVE centers in Multan and Lahore for a cross-sectional survey. Subjective well-being and marriage satisfaction were measured using standardized questionnaires. Descriptive statistics, linear regression, and Pearson correlation were all used in the data analysis. Results: Subjective well-being and marital satisfaction were shown to be strongly positively correlated (r =.958, p <.001). Marital satisfaction was found to be a significant predictor of subjective well-being by regression analysis (R2 =.918, ∆F = 3996.4, p <.001). One important factor influencing the subjective well-being of infertile couples in Pakistan is marital satisfaction. Improving connection, communication, and support between spouses may lessen the psychological toll that infertility takes. By highlighting the necessity of couple-focused interventions and stigma reduction measures to improve the quality of life for infertile couples, the findings support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 3 (Good Health and Well-Being) and 5 (Gender Equality).
Reference Key
imported_1793230912_6ae288407d702 Use this key to autocite in the manuscript while using SciMatic Manuscript Manager or Thesis Manager
Authors Imtiaz Ahmad Waraich
Are you one of these authors? Claim your profile
Journal Pakistan Social Sciences Review
Year 2025
DOI
10.35484/pssr.2025(9-III)49
URL
https://ojs.pssr.org.pk/journal/article/view/1090
Keywords Keywords not found

Citations

No citations found. To add a citation, contact the admin at info@scimatic.org

Comments

No comments yet. Be the first to comment on this article.