Fertility and Sterility
Volume 83, Issue 4 , Pages 914-919 , April 2005

Parental attitudes toward disclosure of the mode of conception to their child conceived by in vitro fertilization

  • Catherine Peters, M.R.C.P.C.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Child Health, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Xenya Kantaris, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Child Health, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Jacqueline Barnes, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Institute for the Study of Children, Families and Social Issues, Birkbeck, University of London, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Alastair Sutcliffe, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Child Health, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Alastair Sutcliffe, M.D., Royal Free and University College Medical School, Department of Community Child Health, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2PF, United Kingdom (FAX: 44-207-830-2003

Received 18 June 2004 ,Revised 14 December 2004 ,Accepted 14 December 2004.

References 

  1. Colpin H , Soenen S . Parenting and psychosocial development of IVF children: a follow-up study . Hum Reprod . 2002;17:1116–1123
  2. Greenfeld DA , Ort SI , Greenfeld DG , Jones EE , Olive DL . Attitudes of IVF parents regarding the IVF experience and their children . J Assist Reprod Genet . 1996;13:266–274
  3. McWhinnie A . Outcome for families created by assisted conception programmes . J Assist Reprod Genet . 1996;13:363–365
  4. Olivennes F , Kerbrat V , Rufat P , Blanchet V , Fanchin R , Frydman R . Follow-up of a cohort of 422 children aged 6 to 13 years conceived by in vitro fertilization . Fertil Steril . 1997;67:284–289
  5. Braverman AM , Boxer AS , Corson SL , Coutifaris C , Hendrix A . Characteristics and attitudes of parents of children born with the use of assisted reproductive technology . Fertil Steril . 1998;70:860–865
  6. Brewaeys A , Golombok S , Naaktgeboren N , de Bruyn JK , Van Hall EV . Donor insemination: Dutch parents' opinions about confidentiality and donor anonymity and the emotional adjustment of their children . Hum Reprod . 1997;12:1591–1597
  7. Golombok S , Brewaeys A , Cook R , Giavazzi MT , Guerra D , Mantovani A , et al.  The European study of assisted reproduction families: family functioning and child development . Hum Reprod . 1996;11:2324–2331
  8. Golombok S , Brewaeys A , Giavazzi MT , Guerra D , MacCallum F , Rust J . The European study of assisted reproduction families: the transition to adolescence . Hum Reprod . 2002;17:830–840
  9. Hoopes JL . Adoption and identity formation . In:  Brodinsky DM ,  Scheter MD editor. The psychology of adoption . Oxford: Oxford University Press; 1990;p. 144–166
  10. Sutcliffe AG , Taylor B , Saunders K , Thornton S , Lieberman BA , Grudzinskas JG . Outcome in the second year of life after in-vitro fertilisation by intracytoplasmic sperm injection: a UK case-control study . Lancet . 2001;357:2080–2084
  11. Cummings SM , Savitz LA , Konrad TR . Reported response rates to mailed physician questionnaires . Health Serv Res . 2001;35:1347–1355
  12. Boreham R, Airey C, Erens B, Tobin R. NHS patient survey programme: general practice. 16-7-2003. London: UK Department of Health.
  13. Cook R , Vatev I , Michova Z , Golombok S . The European study of assisted reproduction families: a comparison of family functioning and child development between Eastern and Western Europe . J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol . 1997;18:203–212
  14. Ellison MA , Hall JE . Social stigma and compounded losses: quality-of-life issues for multiple-birth families . Fertil Steril . 2003;80:405–414
  15. Nachtigall RD , Tschann JM , Quiroga SS , Pitcher L , Becker G . Stigma, disclosure, and family functioning among parents of children conceived through donor insemination . Fertil Steril . 1997;68:83–89
  16. Karpel MA . Family secrets: I (Conceptual and ethical issues in the relational context. II. Ethical and practical considerations in therapeutic management) . Fam Process . 1980;19:295–306
  17. Colpin H , Soenen S . Parenting and psychosocial development of IVF children: a follow-up study . Hum Reprod . 2002;17:1116–1123
  18. Family Planning Association Sex. Sex education. Available at: www.fpa.org.uk/guide/education.
  19. Qualifications and Curriculum Authority. Science at key stage 3 (year 7) unit 7B: reproduction. Available at: www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/schemes2/secondary_science/sci07b.

 Support for administrative costs in the authors' ongoing work has been received from Ferring Limited, Langley, United Kingdom, and Institut Biochimique SA Limited, Lugano, Switzerland.

PII: S0015-0282(04)03217-0

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.12.019

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 83, Issue 4 , Pages 914-919 , April 2005

Article Tools