Faculty of Health and Education, Middlesex University, London, UK.
Faculty of Science and Technology, Middlesex University, London, UK.
Hum Fertil (Camb). 2021 Oct;24(4):249-266. doi: 10.1080/14647273.2019.1640901. Epub 2019 Jul 22.
The paper reports an integrative literature review of research into the psychosocial factors which shape the transition to parenthood in couples following non-donor fertilization in comparison with those conceiving spontaneously. Nineteen papers of non-donor IVF and SC mothers and fathers were included. Differences between groups were reported for a range of psychosocial measures during the transition from pregnancy to parenthood including: the control couples feel they have over their lives (locus of control), parental adjustment and child behaviour, parental stress, parental investment in the child, self-esteem and self-efficacy, greater levels of protectiveness (separation anxiety) towards child, marital and family functioning, family alliance, marital satisfaction and communication, as well as anxiety, indirect aggression and lowered respect for the child. We have conceptualised these differences as three substantive themes which reflect psychosocial factors shaping transition to parenthood in parents after non-donor AR: namely social support, relationships and emotional well-being, which are in turn influenced by gender differences. These findings have implications for health care professionals' assessment of individual couples' support needs.
本文对非捐赠者体外受精（IVF）和自然受孕夫妇在向父母身份过渡期间的心理社会因素进行了综合文献回顾，比较了这两种情况。共纳入了 19 篇非捐赠者 IVF 和 SC 母亲和父亲的论文。报告了两组在从怀孕到为人父母的过渡期间的一系列心理社会措施方面的差异，包括：对生活的控制感（控制源）、父母适应和儿童行为、父母压力、对孩子的投资、自尊和自我效能感、对孩子的保护（分离焦虑）程度更高、婚姻和家庭功能、家庭联盟、婚姻满意度和沟通，以及焦虑、间接攻击和对孩子的尊重降低。我们将这些差异概念化为三个实质性主题，反映了非捐赠者 AR 后父母向父母身份过渡的心理社会因素：即社会支持、关系和情感幸福感，而这些主题反过来又受到性别差异的影响。这些发现对医疗保健专业人员评估个体夫妇的支持需求具有重要意义。
