Are infertile men and women neurotic?

Forty-seven infertile married women, and forty-seven married women in each of two fertile control groups, completed the Neuroticism Scale Questionnaire. Forty-five husbands of the infertile women and a total of eighty-two fertile husbands also completed the Questionnaire. On the basis of previous studies that have mainly used clinical interviews and projective tests, the hypothesis was tested that infertile Ss have higher mean Neuroticism than fertile Ss. It was found that neither infertile wives nor husbands differed from the fertile control groups, contrary to the hypothesis.