Emotional responses of women following therapeutic abortion.
Factor analysis of post-abortion emotional responses revealed three factors. Negative emotions split into two factors: socially-and internally-based. Positive emotions, constituting the third factor, were experienced most strongly. Correlations with background variables suggest two influences on response: the woman's social environment and her internalized concerns about the abortion.
D000032:Abortion, Therapeutic; D000367:Age Factors; D000786:Anger; D001007:Anxiety; D001290:Attitude; D001900:Boston; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology; D004522:Educational Status; D004644:Emotions; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006167:Guilt; D006240:Happiness; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008393:Marriage; D012067:Religion; D012931:Social Environment