Abortion attitudes as determinants of perceptions regarding male involvement in abortion decisions

Abortion decisions have a potentially meaningful effect on the lives of men . Previous research suggests that both men and women generally believe that men have the right to be involved in such decisions. However, very little research attention has been devoted to identifying individual difference co rrelates of discrepant levels of endorsement for male involvement in aborti on decisions. The extent to which abortion attitudes (on a pro-choice to pr o-life continuum), conceptualization of abortion as strictly a female issue , and interest in the issue operate as effective predictors of the appropri ate level of male involvement in abortion decisions was examined in a sampl e of 1,387 college students. Results of a multiple regression analysis reve aled that 44% of the variance in male involvement scores was explained by t he predictor variables.