Willingness to Induced Abortion in Successful Marriages: Clarifying the Role of Psychological Components (Case of Study: Hospitals of Regions 1 & 3 of Tehran)
Akhlāq-i zīstī i.e., Bioethics Journal,
Vol. 14 No. 39 (1403),
28 June 2024
,
Page 1-14
https://doi.org/10.22037/bioeth.v14i39.46197
Abstract
Background and Aim: Today, abortion occurs in successful marriages in addition to shaky married lives. According to research, many psychological factors affect the occurrence of this phenomenon. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to investigate the psychological factors leading to women's desire for abortion in successful marriages.
Methods: The study was descriptive-survey with a cross-sectional method. The statistical population of pregnant women prone to induced abortion referring to the hospitals of the 1st and 3rd regions of Tehran in 2023 was 3600 people, of which 351 people were selected using the available sampling method based on Morgan's table. The instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire, whose validity was obtained by experts' opinion and confirmatory factor analysis, and its reliability was obtained by Cronbach's alpha method. Data analysis was done using Pearson's correlation coefficient test and regression in SPSS-26.
Ethical Considerations: In all stages of the research, the principles of ethics in research, according to the Declaration of Helsinki (2008) were observed by the researchers.
Results: The findings showed that, based on the correlation test, there was a significant correlation between psychological factors including stress and anxiety, worry about the health of oneself and the fetus, early fatigue and headache, lack of preparation and unwanted pregnancy with the desire for abortion, but between mood instability and lack of compliance with There is no significant correlation between physical changes and the desire for abortion (P<0.05). The results of the regression showed that there is a significant and acceptable multiple correlation between all psychological factors and the desire for abortion (P<0.05).
Conclusion: According to the findings of the research, it is necessary to control some of the effective psychological factors during pregnancy, which provides the basis for reducing women's desire for abortion.
- Psychological factors
- Induced abortion
- Successful marriage
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