Contraception, abortion and self concept

Developmental and Personalogical Correlates of Adolescent Sexual Behavior and Outcome

“…While other investigators have noted the relationship between contraceptive use and a non-traditional sex role self concept (51), in this study aborters could not be differentiated from successful contraceptors in regard to their sex role orientation. In fact, the initial Chi-Square analysis indicated that aborters evidenced the most modern sex role orientation of all four groups, including successful contraceptors (x 2 = 29.34, ρ < .001).…”

“…Freeman (23) reported that women terminating their pregnancies tended to view themselves in terms of very traditional notions of femininity, and perceived themselves as "average women who are neither independent nor individualistic." Conversely, Rosen et al (50) found that aborters were more non-traditional than keepers in her study of 1,746 Michigan women. Similarly, our constellation of descriptors for aborters included non-feminine stereotypy, an internal locus of control, low anxiety, low dependency and a low demand for approval from others.…”

“…Beyond social and demographic factors, social psychologists have investigated a variety of adolescent attitudes and beliefs which help to "explain" sexual decision making and its outcomes. Furthermore, numerous psychological studies have emphasized various personality traits of adolescents as yet another perspective toward understanding the dynamics and characteristics of sexually active youth (51,52,36,21,55,40,29,3,14,37,32,34).…”

Identifying carriers at high risk for negative reactions when performing prenatal diagnosis of haemophilia

“…The observed association between an SNR to PND and a guiding religious or philosophical view of life may well re¯ect underlying philosophical and moral dilemma concerning selective abortion. Most reports on PND consider selective abortion as the dominant moral dilemma [18,19] and some previous studies have found religion to be a predictor of attitudes towards abortions [16,28]. While no discrepancy was observed between the women's reports of their own and others' attitudes, the question of possible abortion nevertheless evoked much emotion in the interviews and appears to be a major concern of the women.…”