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Psychological well-being and family functioning following identity-release gamete donation or standard IVF: follow-up of parents with adolescent children
Umeå universitet, Institutionen för psykologi.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1464-693x
Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
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2024 (English)In: Human Fertility, ISSN 1464-7273, E-ISSN 1742-8149, Vol. 27, no 1, article id 2375098Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

This study sought to investigate if heterosexual-couple parents with adolescent children following identity-release oocyte donation (OD), sperm donation (SD) or standard IVF differed with regard to psychological distress, family functioning, and parent-child relationships. The prospective longitudinal Swedish Study on Gamete Donation consists of couples recruited when starting treatment between 2005 and 2008 from seven Swedish university hospitals providing gamete donation. This study concerns the fifth wave of data collection and included a total of 205 mothers and fathers with adolescent children following OD (n = 73), SD (n = 67), or IVF with own gametes (n = 65). OD/SD parents had used identity-release donation and most had disclosed the donor conception to their child. Parents answered validated instruments measuring symptoms of anxiety and depression (HADS), family functioning (GF6+) and parent-child relationship. Results found that parents following OD or SD did not differ significantly from IVF-parents with regard to symptoms of anxiety and depression, family functioning, and perceived closeness and conflicts with their child. Irrespective of treatment group, most parents were within normal range on psychological distress and family functioning and reported positive parent-child relationships. However, SD mothers to a larger extent reported anxiety symptoms above cut-off compared to OD mothers (31% vs. 7.3%, p = 0.018). In conclusion, the present results add to previous research by including families with adolescent children following identity-release oocyte and sperm donation, most of whom were aware of their donor conception. Largely, our results confirm that the use of gamete donation does not interfere negatively with mothers’ and fathers’ psychological well-being and perceived family functioning.

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Taylor & Francis , 2024. Vol. 27, no 1, article id 2375098
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Donor conception, family functioning, identity-release, parent-child relations, psychological distress
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Gynaecology, Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine Psychology (Excluding Applied Psychology)
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-46672DOI: 10.1080/14647273.2024.2375098ISI: 001269528700001PubMedID: 38988202Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85198419524OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-46672DiVA, id: diva2:1947531
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Swedish Research Council, 2013-2712Swedish Research Council, 2021-03174Available from: 2025-03-26 Created: 2025-03-26 Last updated: 2025-10-02Bibliographically approved

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