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B Major1, C Richards, M L Cooper, C Cozzarelli, J Zubek.
Abstract
We hypothesized that the effects of personality (self-esteem, control, and optimism) on postabortion adaptation (distress, well-being, and decision satisfaction) would be fully mediated by preabortion cognitive appraisals (stress appraisals and self-efficacy appraisals) and postabortion coping. We further proposed that the effects of preabortion appraisals on adaptation would be fully mediated by postabortion coping. Results of a longitudinal study of 527 women who had first-trimester abortions supported our hypotheses. Women with more resilient personalities appraised their abortion as less stressful and had higher self-efficacy for coping with the abortion. More positive appraisals predicted greater acceptance/reframing coping and lesser avoidance/denial, venting, support seeking, and religious coping. Acceptance-reframing predicted better adjustment on all measures, whereas avoidance-denial and venting related to poorer adjustment on all measures. Greater support seeking was associated with reduced distress, and greater religious coping was associated with less decision satisfaction.Entities:
Keywords: Abortion, Induced; Americas; Behavior; Developed Countries; Family Planning; Fertility Control, Postconception; Models, Theoretical; North America; Northern America; Personality--women; Prospective Studies; Psychological Factors; Research Methodology; Research Report; Satisfaction; Stress--women; Studies; United States
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Year: 1998 PMID： 9523416 DOI： 10.1037//0022-3514.74.3.735
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Pers Soc Psychol ISSN： 0022-3514