Children Born through Reproductive Donation: A Longitudinal Study of Psychological Adjustment

Autor/inn/en	Golombok, Susan; Blake, Lucy; Casey, Polly; Roman, Gabriela; Jadva, Vasanti
Titel	Children Born through Reproductive Donation: A Longitudinal Study of Psychological Adjustment
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 54 (2013) 6, S.653-660 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9630
DOI	10.1111/jcpp.12015
Schlagwörter	Donors; Pregnancy; Adjustment (to Environment); Parents; Children; Family Relationship; Depression (Psychology); Anxiety; Marital Satisfaction; Age Differences; Stress Variables; Hypothesis Testing; Psychological Patterns; Factor Analysis; Mothers; Teachers; Attitude Measures; Disclosure; Foreign Countries; Longitudinal Studies; United Kingdom; Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schwangerschaft; Eltern; Child; Kind; Kinder; Angst; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Faktorenanalyse; Mother; Mutter; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Ausland; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Großbritannien
Abstract	Background: Parenting and children's adjustment were examined in 30 surrogacy families, 31 egg donation families, 35 donor insemination families, and 53 natural conception families. Methods: Parenting was assessed at age 3 by a standardized interview designed to assess quality of parenting and by questionnaire measures of anxiety, depression, and marital quality. Children's adjustment was assessed at ages 3, 7, and 10 using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ). Results: Although children born through reproductive donation obtained SDQ scores within the normal range, surrogacy children showed higher levels of adjustment difficulties at age 7 than children conceived by gamete donation. Mothers who had kept their child's origins secret showed elevated levels of distress. However, maternal distress had a more negative impact on children who were aware of their origins. Conclusions: The absence of a gestational connection to the mother may be more problematic for children than the absence of a genetic link. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10