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Y Teichman1, S Shenhar, S Segal.
Abstract
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.Entities:
Keywords: Abortion Seekers; Abortion, Induced; Age Factors; Asia; Behavior; Control Groups; Cultural Background; Demographic Factors; Depression; Developed Countries; Diseases; Emotions; Ethnic Groups; Family And Household; Family Planning; Fertility Control, Postconception; Friends And Relatives; Israel; Mediterranean Countries; Mental Disorders; Population; Population Characteristics; Psychological Factors; Religion; Research Methodology; Research Report; Social Networks; Western Asia
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Year: 1993 PMID： 8484432 DOI： 10.1037/h0079435
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Orthopsychiatry ISSN： 0002-9432