A Longitudinal Study of Families Created Using Egg Donation: Family Functioning at Age 5
Author team: Susan Imrie, Joanna Lysons, Sarah Foley, Vasanti Jadva, Kate Shaw, Jess Grimmel, Susan E. Golombok
Read the full paper, here: https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001145
What we did
This study spoke to families with 5 year olds who had been conceived by identity-release egg donation, and families created by IVF with the parents’ own gametes.
The study looked at:
| the quality of relationships between parents and children |
| parental psychological well-being, |
| children’s adjustment |
What we found out
The study found that
| Conception by egg donation (using an identifiable donor) contributed to greater challenges than IVF using the parents’ own gametes. |
| Some assisted reproduction families may benefit from psychological support that continues beyond their child’s first year of life. |
| Overall, the two types families had more similarities than differences. |
| Scores on all measures of parent–child relationship quality and child psychological adjustment were within the normal range. |
Read the full paper
Read the full paper, here: https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001145
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