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Purpose: Infertility is a health problem that causes psychological, physiological and social problems such as hopelessness, loneliness, anxiety, depression, social withdrawal, marital maladjustment, divorce etc. This study aims at identifying the relationship between dyadic adjustment and hopelessness among infertile women. Materials and Methods: This study, which is a cross-sectional type study, was carried out at the Infertility outpatient clinics of Sakarya Education and Research Hospital. Research sample consists of 442 infertile women who have accepted to participate in the study.  Data was collected with the “Interview Form”, “Beck Hopelessness Scale and “Dyadic Adjustment Scale”.   Results: Socio-demographic characteristics such as age, family type, residence, chronic illness background and infertility type, affected the hopelessness level of infertile women. A negative relationship was found between the scores of infertile women in the Beck Hopelessness Scale and the Dyadic Adjustment Scale. Conclusion: It can be said that provision of psychological support that improves dyadic adjustment to couples consulting to infertility polyclinics may be useful for continuity of treatment by reducing hopelessness.

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