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The European Study of Assisted Reproduction Families: The Transition to Adolescence


  Author: S. Golombok, A. Brewaeys, M.T. Giavazzi, D. Guerra, F. MacCallum, J. Rust
Publisher: European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology
Publication: Human Reproduction Vol. 17, No. 3
Document Date:                  March 2002
Category: Research And Assisted Human Reproduction > Donor-Conceived Children/Adults
Related Categories:
Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Mental/Emotional Health
Children > Adopted Children
Research And Assisted Human Reproduction > Assisted Human Reproductive Technologies
 

This paper compares how children from in-vitro fertilization (IVF) families, donor insemination (DI) families, adoptive families and natural families fare in their transition to adolescence.  The study found no differences in the psychological adjustment of children conceived through assisted reproduction and those who were either adopted or naturally conceived. 

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