The European study of assisted reproduction families: the transition to adolescence

被引:173
作者
Golombok, S [1 ]
Brewaeys, A
Giavazzi, MT
Guerra, D
MacCallum, F
Rust, J
机构
[1] City Univ London, Family & Child Psychol Res Ctr, London EC1V 0HB, England
[2] Univ Leiden Hosp, Dept Gynaecol, NL-2300 RC Leiden, Netherlands
[3] Univ Milan, I-20122 Milan, Italy
[4] Inst Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain
[5] Univ London Goldsmiths Coll, London SE14 6NW, England
基金
英国惠康基金;
关键词
adolescence; child development; donor insemination; IVF; parenting;
D O I
10.1093/humrep/17.3.830
中图分类号
R71 [妇产科学];
学科分类号
100211 ;
摘要
BACKGROUND: Findings are presented of the second phase of a European longitudinal study of families created by assisted reproduction. The present investigation reports on data obtained during the child's transition to adolescence. METHODS: A total of 102 IVF families, 94 donor insemination (DI) families, 102 adoptive families, and 102 families with a naturally conceived child were compared on standardized interview and questionnaire measures of parenting and children's psychological well-being. RESULTS: The assisted reproduction families were similar to the adoptive and natural conception families for many of the measures of the quality of parent-child relationships. To the extent that differences were found between the assisted reproduction families and the other family types, these reflected mainly more positive functioning among the assisted reproduction families, with the possible exception of the overinvolvement with their children of a small proportion of assisted reproduction mothers and fathers. The assisted reproduction children were functioning well and did not differ from the adoptive or naturally conceived children on any of the measures of psychological adjustment. However, only 8.6% had been told about their genetic origins. CONCLUSIONS: IVF and DI families with an early adolescent child appear to be functioning well.
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页码:830 / 840
页数:11
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