Abstract

Purpose The study determined the correlation between Irrational Parenthood Cognitions (IPC) and marital quality by demographic variables in infertile women. Methods A correlational study with a census method was conducted on all primary infertile women, who had a file in Zanjan, Iran. Findings A 47% significant positive correlation was showed between IPC and marital quality (p < 0.001). The highest correlation was observed in the subsets of women aged 31–40 years, with high level of education, those at third socioeconomic classes, those with less than 10 years of married life, and women whose husband had no children from their previous marriage (all ps < 0.05). Practice Implications Providing counseling services to women with primary infertility, especially high‐risk women may help to reduce IPC and to improve marital quality.