Abortion Knowledge and Attitudes Among Psychologists and Graduate Students

Mollen, Debra; Hargons, Candice N.; Klann, Elyssa M.; Mosley, Della V.

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“…It is revealed that young people with higher education, who have accurate information about abortion, support the position in favor of abortion more often than those who are misinformed [14]. The results of studies indicate a high level of sexual activity of student youth, as well as a low level of contraceptive use and a negative attitude towards modern methods of contraception.…”

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Particularities of the Reproductive Behavior of Student Youth from Large and Small Families

Voiku¹,

Kopytova²

2020

Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference "Far East Con" (ISCFEC 2020)

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The foundation of societythe familyis undergoing significant transformations with clear signs of crisis changes. The functions of the family are being reviewed, but the importance of the basic functionreproductiveremains undeniable. The accelerating intergenerational continuity gap is changing the determinants of reproductive behavior, inherent both to an individual, married couples and the population as a whole. In contrast to the small family type of reproductive behavior, characterized by a pronounced predominance of abortive and contraceptive attitudes, the large family type of reproductive behavior assumes complete domination of procreation attitudes. It is revealed that according to the research, life experience of the parent family is of great importance and affects the views of the vast majority of Russian youth, including students [1]. Since the reproductive attitudes of people with higher education often differ from those of other social groups, a detailed consideration of a state of determinants of the large family or small family types of reproductive behavior of student youth is required. The paper reveals the basic theoretical aspects of reproductive behavior, presents the research results of the main determinants of reproductive behavior of the student youth from large and small families: visions of a marriage age and a birth of a first child age, number of children in a family, the gender of a firstborn, the necessity for cohabitation, the probability of extramarital birth, etc.

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Section: Figure 2 the Views Of The Respondents On The Gender Of A Firstbornmentioning

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Particularities of the Reproductive Behavior of Student Youth from Large and Small Families

Voiku¹,

Kopytova²

2020

Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference "Far East Con" (ISCFEC 2020)

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“…Given the lack of quality sex education in schools and in families (Flores & Barroso, 2017), U.S. American adults’ knowledge about sex is generally inadequate, with limited understanding about pregnancy risks and types and effectiveness of contraception (Cabral et al, 2018), trouble distinguishing between emergency contraception and medication abortion (Hickey, 2009), and underestimating the risks of giving birth while overestimating the risks of using contraception (Wiebe et al, 2015). These insufficient levels of sexual health knowledge extend to health care practitioners including medical students (Warner et al, 2018) and psychologists and psychology graduate students (Mollen, Hargons, et al, 2018). The state of sex education in the U.S. impacts clients’ sexual knowledge whom health service psychology trainees serve and likewise influences trainees’ sexual knowledge, especially those educated in the U.S. Sexuality education is necessary for psychologists to be adequately prepared to provide competent care to those with whom they will work.…”

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“…Among clinical and counseling psychology training programs in the U.S. and Canada, human sexuality courses are rarely offered and when available, are typically electives (Asher, 2007; Wiederman & Sansone, 1999). Though graduate programs typically provide training related to LGBTQ identities and sexual abuse and trauma, very few attend to diverse sexual expression, reproduction, sexual ethics, and sexual health (Mollen, Hargons, et al, 2018). Relatedly, psychologist trainees report discomfort discussing sexuality (Hanzlik & Gaubatz, 2012).…”

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Sexuality as a competency: Advancing training to serve the public.

Mollen¹,

Abbott²

2022

Training and Education in Professional Psychology

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Sexual health and sexual well-being are vital components of overall physical and mental well-being, yet remain largely understudied, approached mainly from disease prevention and intervention perspectives, and generally excluded from most health service psychology training programs. People of color; women; lesbian, gay, and bisexual people; trans and gender diverse; disabled; and poor people are disproportionately adversely impacted by a lack of access to suitable sexual health services and reproductive healthcare. Sex education is inadequate in the United States across the lifespan, including in health service psychology training programs. Therapy clients often have sexual concerns they want to discuss, yet because sexuality is seldom covered adequately in training programs, psychologists are often ill-prepared and uncomfortable addressing sex. Drawing from the Benchmarks Competencies (Fouad et al., 2009;Hatcher et al., 2013), we provide a rationale for and application of several key foundational and functional competencies to explicate a template for addressing sexuality in training psychologists and positioning sexuality as a competency that should be centralized in graduate psychology training. We offer both a roadmap for a graduate course in sexuality and several ideas for infusing sexuality across the curriculum for programs that may be unable to dedicate a course to the study of sexuality. Public Significance StatementSexuality, related to relationship and life satisfaction, is not typically a required component of health service psychologists' training. We position sexuality as a proposed competency, providing justification and curricular guidance for doctoral training programs.

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“…Values related to abortion may be strongly tied to knowledge about abortion, as studies have shown that individuals with more accurate abortion information feel more favorably about abortion (Mollen et al, 2018). Thus, misinformation about abortion (e.g., the false idea that abortion is dangerous or causes health problems; Rowlands, 2011) may cause a person to feel fear or opposition to abortion (White et al, 2016).…”

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“…But the process of pregnancy decision-making and the consideration of psychological factors that may influence pregnancy decisions have rarely been explored. Given recent calls for psychologists to contribute to reproductive justice research (Grzanka & Frantell, 2017; Mollen et al, 2018), we aim to improve public understanding of the psychological process of pregnancy decision-making in the context of unintended pregnancy.…”

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A Pregnancy Decision-Making Model: Psychological, Relational, and Cultural Factors Affecting Unintended Pregnancy

Klann

Wong

2020

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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Empirical data from the past 50 years have illuminated some of the factors that influence pregnancy decision-making. Yet, formal models of pregnancy decision-making are uncommon and rarely incorporate cultural perspectives. In order to address this gap in the literature, we propose the Pregnancy Decision-Making Model (PDMM), a comprehensive model of the factors that are likely to affect pregnancy decisions in the context of unintended pregnancy, with special attention to relational and intersectional components of pregnancy decisions. The PDMM begins with three primary Evaluation factors: Evaluation of Capital, Evaluation of Values, and Evaluation of Narratives. Barriers to Access are proposed to be a key factor in limiting agency and autonomy and determining pregnancy outcomes. Social Influences are also hypothesized to influence Evaluation factors and their relationship with outcome variables, which include the Pregnancy Outcome, Decisional Certainty, and Decisional Satisfaction. As the PDMM is designed to be flexible in its prediction of a variety of outcomes, we consider a number of possible permutations of the model. Finally, we discuss the utility of the PDMM for inspiring future research, as well as the practical implications of the model.

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Abortion Knowledge and Attitudes Among Psychologists and Graduate Students

Cited by 13 publications

References 37 publications

Particularities of the Reproductive Behavior of Student Youth from Large and Small Families

Particularities of the Reproductive Behavior of Student Youth from Large and Small Families

Sexuality as a competency: Advancing training to serve the public.

A Pregnancy Decision-Making Model: Psychological, Relational, and Cultural Factors Affecting Unintended Pregnancy

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