Psychological distress among women with recurrent spontaneous abortion

Susan C. Klock*, Grace Chang, Ashlyn Hiley, Joseph Hill

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Abstract

Fifty-seven of 100 women with recurrent abortion completed questionnaires designed to assess demographic and reproductive variables, depression, anxiety social desirability, self-esteem, locus of control, and marital adjustment. The results indicated that 32% of the women could be classified as depressed. The subjects also reported higher than average levels of acute and chronic anxiety. Fifty-three percent of the subjects reported below average marital adjustment. Post hoc analyses indicated that the women who had a previous elective abortion had higher levels of anxiety, lower marital adjustment, and different attributions regarding their pregnancy losses than the women who had not had an elective abortion. Having a living child was not a protective buffer against psychological distress.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)503-507
Number of pages5
JournalPsychosomatics
Volume38
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1997

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Psychiatry and Mental health
  • Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
  • Applied Psychology

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