Emotional distress in Israeli women before and after abortion.
Emotional distress in a group of Israeli women who requested legal abortion was compared with that in a group of women on the verge of delivery and in a random group of nonpregnant women on measures of anxiety and depression. Emotional consequences of the abortion were evaluated by before-and-after comparisons of the same measures in a subgroup of the aborting women. Findings indicated significantly greater distress in the aborting women, with lower levels after the abortion. The effects on emotional well-being of personal and contextual factors and their interactions were also examined.
Teichman
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Department of Psychology, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
Shenhar
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Segal
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D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000523:psychology*; D000029:Abortion, Legal; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D007585:Jews / Q000523:psychology*; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011247:Pregnancy; D012069:Religion and Psychology