The effects of gestational age and gender on grief after pregnancy loss.
The roles of gestational age and gender in grief reactions following loss of pregnancy were explored. Parents with losses later in pregnancy reported more intense grief than did those whose losses were earlier. Women expressed higher levels of grief than did men six to eight weeks after the loss; however, this difference had decreased by one and two years after the loss.
Goldbach
K R
KR
Department of Psychology, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa.
Dunn
D S
DS
Toedter
L J
LJ
Lasker
J N
JN
D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000523:psychology*; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D005783:Gender Identity; D005865:Gestational Age; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009769:Object Attachment; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology*; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011247:Pregnancy; D011271:Pregnancy, Ectopic / Q000523:psychology