Colpin H, De Munter A, Vandemeulebroecke L
Research Centre for Family Pedagogy, Faculty of Psychology and Pedagogical Sciences, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium.
J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol. 1998 Mar;19(1):19-27. doi: 10.3109/01674829809044217.
This is an exploratory study to answer two questions: (1) does in-vitro fertilization (IVF)-mothers' motivation for parenthood differ from the naturally conceiving mothers' motivation for parenthood? and (2) are IVF-mothers' parenthood motives correlated with their adjustment to parenthood (in the same way as they are for naturally conceiving mothers)? The study sample consisted of 31 mothers with a 24-30 month old, single-born child conceived by homologous IVF and a comparison group of 31 mothers with a naturally conceived child. Self-rating questionnaires were used. Overall, the parenthood motivation pattern was quite similar for IVF-mothers and mothers by natural conception. However, 'identity', 'motherhood' and 'social control' were significantly more important motives for IVF-mothers than for the naturally conceiving mothers. The two former motives remained more important for IVF-mothers when findings were adjusted for the influence of the mothers' age and educational level. Possible explanations for these findings refer to the infertility history. Overall, few correlations between parenthood motives and the adjustment to parenthood were significant, both for the IVF-mothers and for the mothers by natural conception. Further (hypothesis-testing) research is needed to support these findings.
这是一项探索性研究，旨在回答两个问题：（1）体外受精（IVF）母亲成为父母的动机与自然受孕母亲成为父母的动机是否不同？以及（2）IVF母亲的育儿动机与她们对为人父母的适应情况是否相关（与自然受孕母亲的情况相同）？研究样本包括31名通过同源IVF生育了一个24至30个月大的单胎孩子的母亲，以及一个由31名自然受孕孩子的母亲组成的对照组。使用了自评问卷。总体而言，IVF母亲和自然受孕母亲的育儿动机模式相当相似。然而，对于IVF母亲来说，“身份认同”“母亲身份”和“社会控制”是比自然受孕母亲更为重要的动机。在对母亲的年龄和教育水平的影响进行调整后，前两个动机对IVF母亲来说仍然更为重要。这些发现的可能解释与不孕史有关。总体而言，无论是IVF母亲还是自然受孕母亲，育儿动机与对为人父母的适应情况之间的显著相关性都很少。需要进一步（假设检验）研究来支持这些发现。
