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Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Vol. 26, No. 8, 2001, pp. 525-538
© 2001 Society of Pediatric Psychology

Review: Psychosocial Well-Being of Parents and Their Children Born After Assisted Reproduction

Chun-Shin Hahn, MA, ScD

Johns Hopkins University

All correspondence should be sent to Chun-Shin Hahn, Child and Family Research Section, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Suite 8030, 6705 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7971. E-mail: hahnc{at}mail.nih.gov .

Objective: To critically review the empirical literature published from 1980 through June 2000 on the psychosocial well-being of parents and their children born after assisted reproduction.

Methods: A computer-based literature search of PsycINFO and Medline was conducted. Empirical studies were reviewed to document the psychosocial impact of infertility and its treatment on the families involved in terms of quality of parenting, family functioning, and child development.

Results: Several common findings appeared across the studies reviewed. With regard to quality of parenting and family functioning, mothers of children born using assisted reproduction report less parenting stress and more positive mother- and father-child relationships than mothers of naturally conceived children. In most cases, no statistically significant differences in child functioning in terms of emotions, behavior, self-esteem, or perceptions of family relationship have been reported.

Conclusions: The summary findings are positive and reassuring for parents and their children born after assisted reproduction. This critique of the published literature provides interpretative and methodological refinements for future research.

Key words: reproductive technology; parenting; family interaction; child development.


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