Prediction of Success or Failure in Birth Planning: An Approach to Prevention of Individual and Family Stress
Document Type
Article
Department
Behavioral and Organizational Sciences (CGU)
Publication Date
1977
Disciplines
Clinical Psychology | Community Psychology | Health Psychology | Medicine and Health Sciences | Psychology | Public Health | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Abstract
Following the view that individual future time perspective is an outcome of the socialization process, it was hypothesized that good contraceptors would display significantly longer future time extension than poor contraceptors. In a Planned Parenthood agency, 25 subjects from each group, constituting nearly the whole clinic population in these categories for a 3-month period, were given the Future Events Test during their clinic visits. The major hypothesis was confirmed, and also a significant tendency towards viewing future events more negatively was found among the poor contraceptors. Demographic data did not discriminate clearly between the two groups, though the poor contraceptors were somewhat younger and had a somewhat higher weekly family income. Use of personality variables in predicting birth-planning success or failure seems more promising than continued reliance solely on the sociocultural approach. Implications for screening and prevention in the interest of the individual, the family, and the community are discussed.
Rights Information
© 1977 Springer-Verlag
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DOI
10.1007/BF00877947
Recommended Citation
Mindick, B., Oskamp, S., & Berger, D. E. (1977). Prediction of Success or Failure in Birth Planning: An Approach to Prevention of Individual and Family Stress. American Journal of Community Psychology, 5, 447 459.
