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Contexts and evolution of women's responses to miscarriage during the first year after loss
Author(s) -
Swanson Kristen M.,
Connor Sherri,
Jolley Sandra N.,
Pettinato Maria,
Wang TsaeJyy
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.20175
Subject(s) - miscarriage , feeling , distress , psychology , abortion , interpersonal communication , medicine , developmental psychology , pregnancy , obstetrics , demography , clinical psychology , social psychology , genetics , sociology , biology
Descriptions of 85 women's feelings about miscarriage at 1, 6, 16, and 52 weeks were inductively coded, rank‐ordered, and clustered into 3 responses: healing, actively grieving, and overwhelmed. Women who were actively grieving or overwhelmed at 1 week experienced significantly less distress from 6 weeks on. Responses at 1 week differed with regards to those who had a history of perinatal loss or went on to experience negative life events or sexual distance after loss. One year responses differed based on who was pregnant or gave birth, miscarried again, lived through a higher number of post‐loss negative life events, or experienced interpersonal or sexual distance from their mate. Responses were not influenced by gestational age at loss or having other children. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 30: 2–16, 2007