Attitudes toward Abortion Questionnaire

Антоненко, О. М.; Willer, Robb; Horberg, E. J.; John, Oliver P.

doi:10.1037/t37142-000

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“…To assess participants' attitudes about abortion's legality, we adapted the Attitudes toward Abortion Questionnaire with permission from the authors (Feinberg, Antonenko, Willer, Horberg, & John, 2014a). The questionnaire contained five items regarding participants' beliefs about whether abortion should be legal under various circumstances, such as in instances when the woman's physical or mental health is seriously endangered by the pregnancy.…”

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Abortion Knowledge and Attitudes Among Psychologists and Graduate Students

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Klann

et al. 2018

The Counseling Psychologist

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Abortion is often misunderstood and steeped in misinformation. Laypeople and medical professionals tend to have limited abortion knowledge. Among the public, individuals who hold accurate information about abortion are more likely to endorse pro-choice attitudes than individuals who are misinformed. We explored knowledge of, and attitudes toward, abortion among 142 psychologists and graduate students. Participants responded accurately, on average, to 68% of the items on a true-false measure of abortion knowledge. In addition, participants with higher levels of accurate knowledge were more likely to endorse pro-choice attitudes. Participants were especially likely to incorrectly answer items related to the prevalence, availability, and current legality of abortion in the United States. Analyzing qualitative interviews with a subset of 13 participants, we generated four themes related to knowledge and attitudes about abortion:

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confidence: 99%