| Summary: | Researchers and clinicians have emphasized the relationship between some socio-demographical and socio-cultural variables and the adjustment to the experience of induced abortion. With the recent legalization of voluntary termination of pregnancy in Portugal, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between some socio-demographical and socio-cultural variables and the psychological adjustment at the decisional period and after induced abortion. The sample was collected at the Maternity Doctor Daniel de Matos of the University of Coimbra Hospitals, consisting of 53 women, who seek for the Reproductive Counselling Consultation, between December 2007 and March 2008. This prospective study had two assessment moments (before the termination; two to four weeks after the termination), with self-report instruments. Single and separated/divorced women and with strong religious affiliation who opted for induced abortion tended to show poorer psychological adjustment. The implications of these results for research and clinical practice are discussed.
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