Examining differences in psychological adjustment problems among children conceived by assisted reproductive technologies

International Journal of Behavioral Development

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 385-392

  Shelton, Katherine H ^a   Boivin, Jacky ^a   Hay, Dale ^a   van den Bree, Marianne B M ^a   Rice, Frances J ^b   Harold, Gordon T ^c   Thapar, Anita ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

ART; Child adjustment; Egg donation; Embryo donation; IVF; Sperm donation; Surrogacy

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CONCEPTION; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GAMETE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPERM DONOR; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 60549095443     PISSN: 01650254     EISSN: 14640651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165025409338444     Document Type: Article

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