Developmental Profiles of Adolescents and Young Adults Choosing Abortion : Stage Sequence, Decalage, Implications for Policy  

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Foster, Victoria ; Sprintball, Norman A.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Adolescence vol. 27 no. 107 (1992), page 655-674.
Topik: developmental; developmental; profiles; adolescents; abortion; stage sequence; decalage; policy

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Three groups of unmarried females (ages 12 - 14, 17 - 19, and 23 - 25) electing to have an abortion in the first trimester of their first pregnancy were administered the washington university sentence compeltion test, the rest defining issues test, and a moral judgement interview of their reasons for choosing an abortion. Results indicated that there were clear developmental differences between the youngest group and two older groups ont he general measures of ego development and principled moral reasoning, as theory would have predicted. There were, however, no major differences across the three groups on the level of reasoning which directly assessed the specific decision concerning abortion. Further, all three groups were assessed at the self - protective level characterized by stage 2 reasons of financial consequences and the need to rely exclusively on one's own self in such a difficult dillemma. These finidngs and developmental profiles are compared to national base rates, and the possible implciations of apparent decalage, or disrepancy between the general stage assessments and the specific assessment on abortion, are discussed. In addition, the similarity between the older group of adolescents and the young adults was examined, particularly in light of the current controversy over mandatory parental consent.

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