The stigma of having an abortion: Development of a scale and characteristics of women experiencing abortion stigma

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 79-88

  Cockrill, K ^a   Upadhyay, Ushma D ^a   Turan, Janet ^b   Greene Foster, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879000072     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: 19312393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/4507913     Document Type: Article

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