It has been noted by a recent study that teenagers who undergo abortion do not feel depressed or suffer from a low self-esteem as compared to their peers whose pregnancies are successful.

To use both depression and low self-esteem as outcomes with a nationally representative sample of adolescents, Oregon State University and University of California researchers are the first ones.

The researchers found that within the first year of pregnancy or five years later depression or low self-esteem was not faced by young women in the study who had an abortion as compared to their peers whose pregnancies did not end in abortion.

To the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, data from 289 respondents was used by the researchers.

Three survey waves were referred to for getting the data that started in 1994-1995.

Lead author Jocelyn Warren of OSU said, "The study was intended to fill a major gap in abortion research. We know most teen pregnancies are not wanted pregnancies and an unwanted pregnancy can be very stressful."

It was added that earlier researches noted that depression and having a low self-esteem was often seen among adolescents who got pregnant.