title: Adolescents and abortion. A theoretical framework for decision making.
abstract: A knowledge of the factors influencing adolescent decision making, combined with decision-counseling techniques, will allow the nurse to improve the quality of a young woman's decision process and to reduce adverse reactions afterwards. Indeed, the young woman may take from the experience a more positive appraisal of herself as a decision maker, and perhaps begin to know mature compassion for herself and others.
mesh_terms: D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000523:psychology*; D000293:Adolescent; D003073:Cognitive Dissonance; D003376:Counseling; D003469:Culture; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010553:Personality Development; D011247:Pregnancy; D011253:Pregnancy in Adolescence; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012941:Social Responsibility; D013997:Time Factors