Introduction:

Infertility is define by the failure to conceive a child naturally or achieve a pregnancy after one year of a sexually active life. Therefore, procreation is a vital aspect in humans, and fail to achieve it may generate some psychological disorders.

Objective:

To identify the negative emotional states, as well as the coping style used by both members of infertile couples during their treatment in the municipal fertility department at the Policlínico Comunitario "30 de Noviembre", Santiago de Cuba, during the period January 2020 to February 2021.

Method:

A descriptive study was conducted with a purposive sample of 85 couples (n꓿85) who attended such consultation. Method: a descriptive study was conducted with a purposive sample of 85 couples (n꓿85) who attended such consultation. It was used the clinical method, clinical histories were reviewed and various psychological techniques were applied (Ch. Spielberger's Trait-State Anxiety Inventory, Beck's depression inventory and Lazarus' coping scale).

Results:

High level of anxiety predominated in both sex, in male (61.18%) and in female (68.24%), with no member of the infertile couples showing up low levels of anxiety. In addition, severe levels of depression were found in 52.94% of women and 44.71% of men. The emotion-focused coping mode predominated in 90.59% of the studied sample.

Conclusions:

Anxiety and depression, as well as lack of effective coping strategies are psychological phenomena shows in couples attending the municipal fertility department.

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