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Knowledge and attitudes about abortion among undergraduate students
1University of Oviedo.
Psicothema
|October 20, 2017
Summary
Student knowledge and attitudes regarding abortion vary significantly by academic major. Medical and nursing students showed anti-abortion stances and higher knowledge, while humanities and physics students held pro-abortion views with less knowledge.
Area of Science:
- Social Sciences
- Medical Education
Background:
- Examines undergraduate student knowledge and attitudes toward abortion.
- Investigates variations based on demographics and academic discipline.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze how academic major influences abortion attitudes and knowledge.
- To identify correlations between student characteristics and their views on abortion.
Main Methods:
- Surveyed 1,025 undergraduate students using adapted Abortion Attitudes Scale and Abortion Knowledge Test.
- Analyzed data considering gender, religiosity, political affiliation, and sexual history.
Main Results:
- Medicine, psychology, and nursing students exhibited anti-abortion attitudes.
- History, philology, and physics students leaned towards pro-abortion rights.
- Students in law, medicine, and nursing had higher abortion knowledge; physics, engineering, and philology students had lower knowledge.
Conclusions:
- Academic major significantly impacts students' abortion attitudes and knowledge.
- Attitudes also correlate with religious affiliation, religiosity, political views, and sexual experience, consistent with prior research.
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