ArticleSocial science & medicine (1982)2016
Psychosocial factors and pre-abortion psychological health: The significance of stigma.
Article in Social science & medicine (1982), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04206514 (Strengthening Patient-Centered Accessibility, Respect, and Quality of Care for Post Abortion Care Through Peer and Nurse Based Phone Support), which is not on this map. Cited by 35 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Strengthening Patient-Centered Accessibility, Respect, and Quality of Care for Post Abortion Care Through Peer and Nurse Based Phone Support
Who cites it
35 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Abortion stigma among people seeking abortion care in high-income countries: a mixed-methods systematic review.Sexual and reproductive health matters · 2025Pooled it
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- Psychometric properties and refinement of the Reproductive Coercion Scale.Contraception · 2017Trial
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- The interplay of risk and protective factors for psychosocial outcome in women after induced abortion - an interview study from Germany.BMC women's health · 2026Article
- Therapeutic Termination of Pregnancy Under the Umbrella of Environmental, Socio-Economic Factors and High-Risk Pregnancy.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Factors Influencing Bereavement Care Competence in Midwifery Students: Regression and QCA Analysis.Nursing open · 2026Article
- Women's real-time pain and stress during medical abortion: An ecological momentary assessment study.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2026Article
- Advancing the science on measurement, determinants, and outcomes of pregnancy and abortion coercion in global settings: a scoping review.Frontiers in global women's health · 2026Review
- Association Between Decision-Making Styles, Personality Traits, and Socio-Demographic Factors in Women Choosing Voluntary Pregnancy Termination: A Cross-Sectional Study.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Article
- [Prevalence of Unwanted Pregnancies and Pregnancy Outcomes Among Women With Mental Illness. Findings from the ELSA Study].Psychiatrische Praxis · 2025Article
- Women's reproductive mental health: currently available evidence and future directions for research, clinical practice and health policy.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2025Article
- The prevalence of perceived stress and depression in women facing abortion and related obstetric and non-obstetric risk factors: a cross-sectional study.Reproductive health · 2025Article
- Feelings about abortion at time of care: Findings from an Ohio abortion facility.Sexuality research & social policy : journal of NSRC : SR & SP · 2025Article
- Longitudinal impact of past-year reproductive coercion on contraceptive use dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from eight population-based cohorts.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Article
- Reasons for unsafe abortion in Iran after pronatalist policy changes: a qualitative study.Reproductive health · 2024Article
- Childhood adversity, perceived social support, and depressive symptoms among pre-abortion Chinese women.Reproductive health · 2024Article
- Experiences of delay-causing obstacles and mental health at the time of abortion seeking.Contraception: X · 2024Article
- Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing for "Non-Medical" Traits: Ensuring Consistency in Ethical Decision-Making.The American journal of bioethics : AJOB · 2023Article
- "Sexual and reproductive health matters · 2022Article
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Abstract
rationaleMost research in mental health and abortion has examined factors associated with post-abortion psychological health. However, research that follows women from before to after their abortion consistently finds that depressive, anxiety, and stress symptoms are highest just before an abortion compared to any time afterwards.
objectiveThis finding suggests that studies investigating psychosocial factors related to pre-abortion mental health are warranted.
methodsThe current study uses data from 353 women seeking abortions at three community reproductive health clinics to examine predictors of pre-abortion psychological health. Drawing from three perspectives in the abortion and mental health literature, common risks, stress and coping, and sociocultural context, we conducted multivariable analyses to examine the contribution of important factors on depressive, anxiety, and stress symptoms just before an abortion, including sociodemographics, abortion characteristics, childhood adversities, recent adversities with an intimate partner, relationship context, future pregnancy desires, and perceived abortion stigma.
resultsChildhood and partner adversities, including reproductive coercion, were associated with negative mental health symptoms, as was perceived abortion stigma. Before perceived abortion stigma was entered into the model, 18.6%, 20.7%, and 16.8% of the variance in depressive, anxiety, and stress symptoms respectively, was explained. Perceived abortion stigma explained an additional 13.2%, 9.7%, and 10.7% of the variance in depressive, anxiety, and stress symptoms pre-abortion.
conclusionThis study, one of the first to focus on pre-abortion mental health as an outcome, suggests that addressing stigma among women seeking abortions may significantly lower their psychological distress.
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