Durna E M, Bebe J, Leader L R, Steigrad S J, Garrett D G
Department of Fertility and Reproductive Endocrinology, Royal Hospital for Women, Sydney, NSW.
Med J Aust. 1995 Sep 4;163(5):248-51. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1995.tb124560.x.
To examine the psychosocial effects of donor insemination on couples.
Questionnaire survey of couples who had a child by donor insemination at four NSW clinics over a 15-year period.
Forty-seven per cent of couples thought their marriage had improved, while 3% thought their marriage had deteriorated as a result of having a child by donor insemination. Seventy-six per cent felt it had a positive personal effect and almost all couples had no regrets about having a child this way. Over 90% of respondents felt very close to these children. In those who also had children not conceived by donor insemination (60 couples), men were significantly closer to their children by donor insemination than to their "other" children (P < 0.001). There was a significant sex difference in perceptions of the child's resemblance (P < 0.0001): 61% of women thought their child conceived by donor insemination resembled their partner, while 89% of men thought the child resembled their partner. Twenty-one per cent of couples were concerned about having to tell the child about donor insemination.
Donor insemination can have positive psychosocial effects on couples and close relationships exist between the parents and their children conceived by donor insemination. The concern about the physical appearance of children conceived by donor insemination can be allayed by our finding that the majority of couples see a resemblance between the child and their partner.
探讨供精人工授精对夫妇心理社会方面的影响。
对在新南威尔士州四家诊所15年间通过供精人工授精生育孩子的夫妇进行问卷调查。
47%的夫妇认为他们的婚姻有所改善，而3%的夫妇认为由于通过供精人工授精生育孩子，他们的婚姻变差了。76%的夫妇觉得这对个人有积极影响，几乎所有夫妇对以这种方式生育孩子都不后悔。超过90%的受访者感觉与这些孩子关系非常亲密。在那些也有非供精人工授精所生孩子的夫妇（60对）中，男性与通过供精人工授精所生孩子的关系明显比与他们的“其他”孩子更亲密（P<0.001）。在对孩子外貌相似性的认知上存在显著的性别差异（P<0.0001）：61%的女性认为她们通过供精人工授精所生的孩子像她们的伴侣，而89%的男性认为孩子像他们的伴侣。21%的夫妇担心不得不告诉孩子有关供精人工授精的事情。
供精人工授精对夫妇可产生积极的心理社会影响，父母与通过供精人工授精所生孩子之间存在亲密关系。我们的研究发现大多数夫妇认为孩子与他们的伴侣相像，这可以减轻对供精人工授精所生孩子外貌的担忧。
