The "Test-Tube" Generation: Parent-Child Relationships and the Psychological Well-Being of In Vitro Fertilization Children at Adolescence.

Golombok, Susan; MacCallum, Fiona; Goodman, Emma

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ERIC Number: EJ635747

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Publication Date: 2001

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The "Test-Tube" Generation: Parent-Child Relationships and the Psychological Well-Being of In Vitro Fertilization Children at Adolescence.

Golombok, Susan; MacCallum, Fiona; Goodman, Emma

Child Development, v72 n2 p599-608 Mar-Apr 2001

Compared parent-child relationships and early adolescent well-being in families with children conceived by in vitro fertilization (IVF), adoptive families, and families with a naturally conceived child. Found that IVF children were functioning well and did not differ from other children in social or emotional adjustment. (Author/KB)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Adopted Children, Comparative Analysis, Emotional Adjustment, Longitudinal Studies, Parent Child Relationship, Reproduction (Biology), Social Adjustment, Well Being

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Language: English

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