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 language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 503-507 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Psychosomatics |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1997 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Psychiatry and Mental health
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- Applied Psychology