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Women need to stay alive and protect reproductive choice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 July 2022

Melissa M. McDonald Open the ORCID record for Melissa M. McDonald [Opens in a new window]  and
Rachel M. James
Melissa M. McDonald
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Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48309-4482, USA mmmcdonald@oakland.edu rmjames@oakland.edu https://www.mcdonaldpeplab.com/
Rachel M. James
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48309-4482, USA mmmcdonald@oakland.edu rmjames@oakland.edu https://www.mcdonaldpeplab.com/
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Abstract

Defense of reproductive choice is an important motivation in women's self-protection psychology for which the “staying alive theory” cannot fully account. Evidence indicates that some elements of women's self-protection psychology function to protect reproductive choice rather than survival, or may be equally well explained by either motivation. Integrating perspectives will result in greater explanatory breadth and precision in theory testing.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e143
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