Perceived social support, self-efficacy, and adjustment to abortion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6206434 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brenda Major (0000-0002-2688-9464, Buffalo State University), Catherine Cozzarelli, Anne Marie Sciacchitano, M Lynne Cooper (0000-0001-8976-7563), Myra Cooper, Et Al, Maria Testa (0000-0003-4549-4457), Pallas M Mueller |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 452-463 |
| Publication date | 1990-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/0022-3514.59.3.452 |
| PMID | 2231279 |
| OpenAlex | W2003818696 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 69 |
| References cited | 23 |
Prior to their having a 1st trimester abortion, women's perceptions of social support from their partner, family, and friends and self-efficacy for coping were assessed. Depression, mood, physical complaints, and anticipation of negative consequences were measured after the 30-min recovery period. As predicted, perceived social support enhanced adjustment indirectly through its effects on self-efficacy. Women who perceived high support from their family, friends, and partners had higher self-efficacy for coping. Higher self-efficacy, in turn, predicted better adjustment on the psychological measures but not on the physical complaint measure. No direct path between social support and adjustment was observed. In addition, women who told close others of their abortion but perceived them as less than completely supportive had poorer postabortion psychological adjustment than either women who did not tell or women who told and perceived complete support
Abortion · Coping (psychology) · Developmental psychology · Mood · Path analysis (statistics) · Perception · Pregnancy · Self-efficacy · Social approval · Social perception · Social support · Clinical Psychology · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Reproductive Health and Contraception · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 69 |
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| Citations per year | 2,03 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 2025 (34) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 61 |