title: [Coping behavior in women with miscarriage or spontaneous abortion and recurrent spontaneous abortion].
abstract: In a pilot study about medical, psychological and psychosocial factors in spontaneous and recurrent spontaneous abortions, coping strategies of 83 women were investigated and compared with a control group (n = 69). Two further subgroups were selected (31 women with recurrent spontaneous abortions and 30 without pregnancy complications). A modified form of a stress-investigation-scale (SVF from Janke et al.) was used. The results indicated that women with spontaneous abortions had increased depressive and lowered positive and cognitive coping modes. According to the hypothesis most psychological disturbances and depressive coping strategies were found in recurrent spontaneous abortions. In pregnancy depressive withdrawal, need of social support and information seeking was further increased, but emotional self-control lowered. A connection between psychological disturbances and negative coping strategies was shown. After pregnancy loss psychological support and building up positive and efficient coping strategies are therefore indicated.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Läpple
mesh_terms: D000026:Abortion, Habitual / Q000523:psychology*; D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000523:psychology*; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003071:Cognition; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011247:Pregnancy; D012944:Social Support
vernacular_title: Bewältigungsverhalten bei Frauen mit Fehlgeburt bzw. Spontanaborten und rezidivierenden Spontanaborten.