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Psychiatry"],"abstract":"<jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To examine the mediating roles of anxiety and perceived stress in the relationship between distress disclosure and depressive symptoms among women following induced abortion.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A cross-sectional study was conducted with 359 post-abortion women recruited from a hospital in China. Participants completed self-report measures including the Distress Disclosure Index, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7, Perceived Stress Scale-4, and Patient Health Questionnaire-9. Multiple mediation and subgroup analyses by marital status were performed using SEM model.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Distress disclosure had a significant total effect on depressive symptoms (\u03b2 = -0.140, P &amp;lt; 0.001), but no direct effect (\u03b2 = -0.017, P = 0.546). The association was fully mediated by anxiety and perceived stress. Subgroup analyses revealed that this mediating model was significant among unmarried women but not among married women.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Distress disclosure is associated with depressive symptoms indirectly by reducing anxiety and perceived stress, particularly among unmarried women. 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