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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «PSICHOLOGIYA»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «PSYCHOLOGY»
ISSN 2304-1226 (Print)

List of issues > Series «Psychology». 2025. Vol 54

Psychological and Psychophysiological Factors of the Use of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in the Treatment of Infertility in Women: A Systemic Review

Author(s)

D. V. Yasnaya1

1Kemerovo State University, Kemerovo, Russian Federation

Abstract
The article presents a systematic review of foreign studies of psychological and physiological factors-predictors of assisted reproduction technology efficiency. A systematic analysis of papers in 2020–2025 published in electronic bibliographic databases Google Scholar, PubMed. Based on selection criteria 18 articles have been chosen for the final analysiss. The papers contain contradictory data, while objective psychophysiological and biochemical markers of stress show a more evident relation to the results than subjective psychological evaluation. This review demonstrates the need for standardization of research protocols and development of complex, multimodal evaluation strategies integrating psychological and psychophysiological methods.
About the Authors
Yasnaya Darya Vladimirovna, Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychology and General Pedagogy, Kuzbass Humanitarian and Pedagogical Institute Kemerovo State University 6, Krasnaya st., Kemerovo, 650043, Russian Federation e-mail: st1daria@ya.ru
For citation
Yasnaya D.V. Psychological and Psychophysiological Factors of the Use of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in the Treatment of Infertility in Women: a Systemic Review. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Psychology, 2025, vol. 54, pp. 90-102. https://doi.org/10.26516/2304-1226.2025.54.90 (in Russian)
Keywords
infertility, in vitro fertilization (IVF), intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), stress, anxiety, depression.
UDC
159.91+618.177-089.888.11+612.821
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2304-1226.2025.54.90
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