Young Women's Abortion Experiences

Yasuda Yuko, Arakawa Ayumu, Takada Saori, Kido Ayae, Sato Tatsuya

doi:10.24525/jaqp.7.1_181

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未婚の若年女性の中絶経験
未婚の若年女性の中絶体験 : 現実的制約と関係性の中で変化する,多様な径路に着目して
ミコンノジャクネンジョセイノチュウゼツタイケン : ゲンジツテキセイヤクトカンケイセイノナカデヘンカスル,タヨウナケイロニチャクモクシテ
The Influences of Social Expectation and Relationships with Others
現実的制約と関係性の中で変化する，多様な径路に着目して

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Women who choose abortion often feel troubled about the loss of life involved and fear social stigmatization. Consequently, many have trouble discussing their experiences and feelings, and grieve in isolation. We interviewed three women who had experienced abortion at least two years before, when they were unmarried and aged about twenty, to investigate their feelings and what the experience of abortion meant for the women concerned. Using the Trajectory Equifinality Model (TEM), we analyzed the diversity of abortion experiences, which were influenced by social expectations and relations with others, including partners, from when the women first discovered that they were pregnant until the present. Most were initially tormented by a sense of sinfulness for having chosen to have the abortion, and felt guilty about the effect it would have on their partners. Consequently, they found it difficult to talk about their experiences to others and to receive support. With time, however, their feelings changed, and they came to accept both the pregnancy and the abortion as important experiences in their lives.

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Japanese Journal of Qualitative Psychology

Japanese Journal of Qualitative Psychology 7 (1), 181-203, 2008

Japanese Association of Qualitative Psychology

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