TY - JOUR
T1 - Trauma following termination of pregnancy for fetal abnormality
T2 - is this the path from guilt to grief?
AU - Nazaré, Bárbara
AU - Fonseca, Ana
AU - Canavarro, Maria Cristina
N1 - Funding Information:
This study is part of the “Reproductive Decisions and Transition to Parenthood Following a Pre-or Postnatal Diagnosis of Fetal Abnormality” research project, integrated in the Relationships, Development & Health Research Group of the R&D Unit Institute of Cognitive Psychology, Vocational and Social Development of the University of Coimbra (Pest-OE/PSI/ UI0192/2011). Bárbara Nazaré and Ana Fonseca are supported by PhD scholarships from the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (SFRH/BD/43204/2008 and SFRH/ BD/47053/2008, respectively).
Publisher Copyright:
© Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
Copyright:
Copyright 2016 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012/11/2
Y1 - 2012/11/2
N2 - Termination of pregnancy for fetal abnormality (TOPFA) is a potentially traumatic event that may lead to intense grief symptomatology. The present study included 41 couples who were assessed 1-6 months after TOPFA. No gender differences were found regarding the intensity of trauma symptomatology or the prevalence of clinically relevant trauma symptom atology, present in about a third of the sample. Most couples were congruent regarding trauma symptomatology. Women experienced guilt with significantly more frequency than men. For both genders, guilt influenced both trauma and grief symptomatology. For women only, guilt influenced grief symptomatology indirectly, through trauma symptomatology. Clinical implications are discussed.
AB - Termination of pregnancy for fetal abnormality (TOPFA) is a potentially traumatic event that may lead to intense grief symptomatology. The present study included 41 couples who were assessed 1-6 months after TOPFA. No gender differences were found regarding the intensity of trauma symptomatology or the prevalence of clinically relevant trauma symptom atology, present in about a third of the sample. Most couples were congruent regarding trauma symptomatology. Women experienced guilt with significantly more frequency than men. For both genders, guilt influenced both trauma and grief symptomatology. For women only, guilt influenced grief symptomatology indirectly, through trauma symptomatology. Clinical implications are discussed.
KW - Couple
KW - Grief symptomatology
KW - Guilt
KW - Termination of pregnancy for fetal abnormality
KW - Trauma symptomatology
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U2 - 10.1080/15325024.2012.743335
DO - 10.1080/15325024.2012.743335
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84987986875
SN - 1532-5024
VL - 19
SP - 244
EP - 261
JO - Journal of Loss and Trauma
JF - Journal of Loss and Trauma
IS - 3
ER -