THE EFFECTS OF GESTATIONAL AGE AND GENDER ON GRIEF AFTER PREGNANCY LOSS

The roles of gestational age and gender in grief reactions following loss of pregnancy were explored. Parents with losses later in pregnancy reported more intense grief than did those whose losses were earlier. Women expressed higher levels of grief than did men six to eight weeks after the loss; ho...

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Published in:American journal of orthopsychiatry 1991-07, Vol.61 (3), p.461-467
Main Authors: Goldbach, Kristen R.C, Dunn, Dana S, Toedter, Lori J, Lasker, Judith N
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abortion, Spontaneous - psychology
Adaptation, Psychological
Biological and medical sciences
Death & dying
Emotions
Expectant Fathers
Expectant Mothers
Female
Fetal Death
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gender Identity
Gestational Age
Grief
Gynecology and obstetrics
Human
Human Sex Differences
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Male
Object Attachment
Parents & parenting
Parents - psychology
Personality Inventory
Pregnancy
Pregnancy, Ectopic - psychology
Psychology and medicine
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Social research
Spontaneous Abortion
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Summary:The roles of gestational age and gender in grief reactions following loss of pregnancy were explored. Parents with losses later in pregnancy reported more intense grief than did those whose losses were earlier. Women expressed higher levels of grief than did men six to eight weeks after the loss; however, this difference had decreased by one and two years after the loss.
ISSN:0002-9432
1939-0025
DOI:10.1037/h0079261