Are two a family? Older single mothers assisted by sperm donation and their children revisited

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9050784
AutoresRuth Weissenberg, Rivka Landau (0000-0002-3737-7536, Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Ruth Landau
Ano2012
Volume82
Fascículo4
Páginas523-528
Data de publicação2012-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-9432 • E-ISSN: 1939-0025
EditoraAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1111/j.1939-0025.2012.01187.x
PMID23039350
OpenAlexW1983456520
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas28

This study follows 40 older single-mother families created with the aid of sperm donation using either insemination or in vitro fertilization. The study is based on qualitative data obtained from the mothers 3 years after a previous study with these families. The mean age of the mothers at this time was about 47 years and of the children 7 years. The findings provide insights into the mothers' and children's current sociodemographic characteristics, physical health, socioemotional development and the children's reactions to the absence of a father at follow-up time. The majority of the children raised by these older single mothers have good health. The salient result is that at follow-up, 45% of these older single-mother families comprise a family unit with more than 1 child, clearly demonstrating these families' desire for a larger family than a mother-child unit. The desire and attempts of the mothers in the sample to give birth to additional children using assisted conception demonstrate the divergence in the fertility patterns of Israeli society from other developed countries

Artificial insemination · Childlessness · Developmental psychology · Donation · Donor insemination · Environmental health · Fertility · Population · Pregnancy · Single mothers · Single parent · Socioemotional selectivity theory · Sperm · Sperm donation · Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Medicine · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies