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Social stigma and disclosure about induced abortion: Results from an exploratory study
Abstract
It is well recognised that unsafe abortions have significant implications for women's physical health; however, women's perceptions and experiences with abortion-related stigma and disclosure about abortion are not well understood. This paper examines the presence and intensity of abortion stigma in five countries, and seeks to understand how stigma is perceived and experienced by women who terminate an unintended pregnancy and influences her subsequent disclosure behaviours. The paper is based upon focus groups and semi-structured in-depth interviews conducted with women and men in Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru and the United States (USA) in 2006. The stigma of abortion was perceived similarly in both legally liberal and restrictive settings although it was more evident in countries where abortion is highly restricted. Personal accounts of experienced stigma were limited, although participants cited numerous social consequences of having an abortion. Abortion-related stigma played an important role in disclosure of individual abortion behaviour.
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Link, B. G., & Phelan, J. C. (2001) · Annual Review of Sociology · doi:10.1146/annurev.soc.27.1.363 · Cited by 8,848
The Social Psychology of Stigma
Major, B., & O'Brien, L. T. (2005) · Annual Review of Psychology · doi:10.1146/annurev.psych.56.091103.070137 · Cited by 3,114
Abortion as stigma: cognitive and emotional implications of concealment
Major, B., & Gramzow, R. H. (1999) · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · doi:10.1037/0022-3514.77.4.735 · Cited by 378 · cited 1×
“Research has shown that concealment of a stigma can have a negative impact on a woman’s physical and mental health, and the process of keeping a secret can create a cycle of thought suppression and intrusive thoughts that may lead to psychological distress (Major and Gramzow 1999).”
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- Authors
- Shellenberg, K. M., Moore, A. M., Bankole, A., Juarez, F., Omideyi, A. K., Palomino, N., Sathar, Z., Singh, S., & Tsui, A. O.
- Venue
- Global Public Health
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2011-09
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- sup1
- Pages
- S111-S125
- ISSN
- 1744-1692 (ISSN-L)
- 1744-1706
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- W2005224209
- Cited by
- 195
- References
- 3
- FWCI
- 5.29
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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