Abstract
Myths about behavioral and emotional causes of miscarriage lead to a variety of attributions by victims. In lengthy, structured interviews, 65 women who had recently miscarried answered questions concerning attributions of responsibility and other cognitions about their pregnancy and miscarriage. Two regression models were developed to predict depression. Among external attributions, responsibility to husband and age of oldest child predicted depression, supporting other studies relating depression and blame of others. Among internal attributions, feeling that one could act to avoid a future miscarriage was positively related to depression, along with age of oldest child, contradicting other research showing that behavioral self-blame is adaptive.
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