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Title: Depression and Unintended Pregnancy in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth: A Cohort Study
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1. Reardon, David C.
Cougle, Jesse R.
Depression and Unintended Pregnancy in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth: A Cohort Study
British Medical Journal 324,7330 (January 2002): 151-152.
Also: http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/324/7330/151
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group, Ltd. - British Medical Journal Publishing Group
Keyword(s): Abortion; Depression (see also CESD); Pre/post Natal Behavior; Pregnancy and Pregnancy Outcomes; Pregnancy, Adolescent; Psychological Effects

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Psychological maladjustments after abortion are significantly associated with a history of depression. It has been suggested that prior psychological state is equally predictive of subsequent depression among women with unintended pregnancies regardless of whether they abort or carry to term. To examine this hypothesis we examined the National Longitudinal Study of Youth begun in 1979 with a nationwide cohort of 12,686 American youths aged 14-21.
Bibliography Citation
Reardon, David C. and Jesse R. Cougle. "Depression and Unintended Pregnancy in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth: A Cohort Study." British Medical Journal 324,7330 (January 2002): 151-152.