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The stability of psychological adjustment among donor-conceived offspring in the U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study from childhood to adulthood: differences by donor type.
Carone, Nicola; Gartrell, Nanette K; Rothblum, Esther D; Koh, Audrey S; Bos, Henny M W.
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  • Carone N; Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, Lab on Attachment and Parenting - LAG, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy. Electronic address: nicola.carone@unipv.it.
  • Gartrell NK; Williams Institute, School of Law, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Research Institute of Child Development and Education, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
  • Rothblum ED; Department of Women's Studies, San Diego State University, San Diego, California.
  • Koh AS; School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California.
  • Bos HMW; Research Institute of Child Development and Education, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Fertil Steril ; 115(5): 1302-1311, 2021 05.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33541691
OBJECTIVE: To study differences by sperm donor type in the psychological adjustment of the U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study (NLLFS) offspring across three time periods from childhood to adulthood. DESIGN: U.S.-based prospective cohort study. SETTING: Paper-and-pencil questionnaires and protected online surveys. PATIENT(S): A cohort of 74 offspring conceived by lesbian parents using an anonymous (n = 26), a known (n = 26), or an open-identity (n = 22) sperm donor. Data were reported when offspring were ages 10 (wave 4), 17 (wave 5), and 25 (wave 6). INTERVENTION(S): None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Achenbach Child Behavior Checklist administered to lesbian parents when offspring were ages 10 and 17 and the Achenbach Adult Self-Report administered to offspring at age 25. RESULT(S): In both relative and absolute stability, no differences were found in internalizing, externalizing, and total problem behaviors by donor type over 15 years. However, both externalizing and total problem behaviors significantly declined from age 10 to 17 and then increased from age 17 to 25. Irrespective of donor type, among the 74 offspring, the large majority scored continuously within the normal range on internalizing (n = 62, 83.8%), externalizing (n = 62, 83.8%), and total problem behaviors (n = 60, 81.1%). CONCLUSION(S): The results reassure prospective lesbian parents and provide policy makers and reproductive medicine practitioners with empirical evidence that psychological adjustment in offspring raised by lesbian parents is unrelated to donor type in the long term.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Adaptación Psicológica / Relaciones Familiares / Concepción de Donantes / Minorías Sexuales y de Género Tipo de estudio: Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Qualitative_research / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Adolescent / Adult / Child / Female / Humans / Male País/Región como asunto: America do norte Idioma: En Revista: Fertil Steril Año: 2021 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Adaptación Psicológica / Relaciones Familiares / Concepción de Donantes / Minorías Sexuales y de Género Tipo de estudio: Etiology_studies / Incidence_studies / Observational_studies / Qualitative_research / Risk_factors_studies Límite: Adolescent / Adult / Child / Female / Humans / Male País/Región como asunto: America do norte Idioma: En Revista: Fertil Steril Año: 2021 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos