Dr. Caleb Esteban:

I believe that you would serve as an excellent reviewer of the manuscript, "A Phenomenological Analysis on Infertility in Mexican Women Living in the U.S.," which has been submitted to Revista Interamericana de Psicologia/Interamerican Journal of Psychology. The submission's abstract is inserted below, and I hope that you will consider undertaking this important task for us.

Please log into the journal web site by 2017-04-22 to indicate whether you will undertake the review or not, as well as to access the submission and to record your review and recommendation. The web site is https://journal.sipsych.org/index.php/IJP

The review itself is due 2017-05-13.

If you do not have your username and password for the journal's web site, you can use this link to reset your password (which will then be emailed to you along with your username). https://journal.sipsych.org/index.php/IJP/login/resetPassword/estebancaleb?confirm=f88f9bfbb32865010b30afc8287ccf2447c22e8a20883a9730ebff0cb07ccd60%3A1492307208

Submission URL: https://journal.sipsych.org/index.php/IJP/reviewer/submission/198

Thank you for considering this request.

Dr. Edil Torres Rivera
South University
etorresrivera@gmail.com



"A Phenomenological Analysis on Infertility in Mexican Women Living in the U.S."

Abstract

Infertility, or the inability to conceive, after 12 or more months of unprotected sexual intercourse (American Society for Reproductive Medicine, 2008) affects women worldwide. The literature on the impact of infertility for Mexican women living in the U.S. is sparse. This phenomenological study examined the experiences of five Mexican women with infertility, ages 30-39, living in Queens, New York. Data collection comprised of conducting interviews in Spanish. Thematic results showed significant emotional distress, stigma, social, familial, and personal pressures to conceive, positive marital relations, body and sexual concerns, the use of spiritual coping approaches and natural solutions to infertility. Although the study is not meant to be generalizable, these findings serve to provide a cultural context of how Mexican women experience infertility.
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Edil Torres Rivera, Ph.D., Editor
Interamerican Journal of Psychology
http://journal.sipsych.org/index.php/IJP