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The present study aims to investigate the associations of Stressful Life Events (Stressful events in the family of origin, In family pre-existing pregnancy difficulties, Health problems in childhood) with perceived fertility-related QoL in women attending infertility treatments, examining the potential moderating role of adopted coping strategies and perceived couple\u2019s dyadic adjustment.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A questionnaire consisting of Socio-demographics and Infertility-related characteristics, Stress-inducing events in the couples\u2019 lives Questionnaire (FLS), Coping Orientations to Problem Experienced (COPE), Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS), and Core and Treatment subscales of Fertility Quality of Life (FertiQoL) was administered to 266 women attending infertility treatments. A descriptive correlational design with cross-sectional comparison was used. <jats:bold>Results<\/jats:bold> Logistic Regression Analyses after adjusting for socio-demographic and infertility-related characteristics revealed that women who reported Stressful events in the family of origin and In family pre-existing pregnancy difficulties were more likely to report lower levels of perceived Core QoL, while women who reported Health problems in childhood were more likely to report lower levels of perceived Treatment QoL. Couple\u2019s dyadic adjustment and specific coping strategies were significantly associated with perceived Core and Treatment QoL and they also significantly moderated the associations between stressful life events and perceived QoL.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Data provided original evidence on the strong association between stressful life events and perceived fertility-related QoL also highlighting individual and couples\u2019 resources to define counselling interventions with women attending infertility treatments.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12889-019-7925-4","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,11,21]],"date-time":"2019-11-21T16:03:17Z","timestamp":1574352197000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":24,"title":["The association between stressful life events and perceived quality of life among women attending infertility treatments: the moderating role of coping strategies and perceived couple\u2019s dyadic adjustment"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"19","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0045-2800","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Maria Clelia","family":"Zurlo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maria Francesca","family":"Cattaneo Della Volta","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Federica","family":"Vallone","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,11,21]]},"reference":[{"issue":"5","key":"7925_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1520","DOI":"10.1016\/j.fertnstert.2009.09.009","volume":"92","author":"F Zegers-Hochschild","year":"2009","unstructured":"Zegers-Hochschild F, Adamson GD, de Mouzon J, Ishihara O, Mansour R, Nygren K, Sullivan E, van der Poel S. 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