Psychology: A comparison of single and married recipients of donor insemination

Klock, Susan C.; Jacob, Mary Casey; Maier, Donald

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“…The mothers in this study tended to be well educated women who held full-time jobs and were not experiencing marked financial difficulties, a finding that replicates earlier investigations of smaller, less diverse samples (Leiblum et al, 1995;Klock et al, 1996;Mannis 1999;Bock, 2000;Murray & Golombok, 2005a). Their decision to choose single motherhood was not taken lightly.…”

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“…Leiblum et al, 1995;Murray & Golombok, 2005a;Klock et al, 1996). Klock et al (1996) concluded that women seeking DI were financially secure, highly educated women who were psychologically similar to married mothers using DI to have a child. Leiblum et al (1995) found that single DI mothers were happy with their decision to use DI, although they were concerned about the impact on their child of growing up without a father.…”

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‘Mom by choice, single by life's circumstance…’ Findings from a large scale survey of the experiences of single mothers by choice

Jadva

Badger

Morrissette³

et al. 2009

Human Fertility

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There has been a rise in recent years in the number of women choosing to have a child without the involvement of a partner. These women, often referred to as 'single mothers by choice' or 'choice mothers' differ from single mothers who find themselves parenting alone following divorce or separation. The present study collected data on the motivations and experiences of 291 single mothers by choice using online questionnaires. The findings showed that women often sought advice from others and made practical changes before becoming choice mothers. The most common method used to have a child was sperm donation with most opting for an anonymous donor. The majority felt that it was important for their child to have a male role model, and most ensured that their child had a male figure in their lives. Many choice mothers expressed some concern about their child of growing up without a father, although this did not necessarily mean that they wished to form a relationship in the future. Single mothers by choice are a distinct group of single mothers and more detailed studies are required to focus on issues that are of most relevance to them.

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‘Mom by choice, single by life's circumstance…’ Findings from a large scale survey of the experiences of single mothers by choice

Jadva

Badger

Morrissette³

et al. 2009

Human Fertility

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“…Una actitud contraria a "ir de caza" la encontramos -como se ha visto-en los discursos de nuestras entrevistadas, en las intervenciones de MSPE en foros on-line como los antes mencionados … y también en estudios realizados en el ámbito anglosajón, como el de Murray y Golombok (2005:251), cuyas entrevistadas enfatizaron también la inaceptabilidad ético-moral de esta opción, al igual que lo habían hecho antes otras mujeres estudiadas en ese mismo ámbito geográfico-cultural (Klock et al 1996;Mechanek et al 1988). La fecundación sexual planificada no declarada se sitúa, de hecho, en el peldaño inferior de la que puede ser llamada "escala de explicabilidad" de las distintas vías de acceso a la maternidad en solitario ("¿cómo le cuentas a un niño que engañaste a una persona?…”

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Madres Solteras Por Elección: Representaciones Sobre La Fecundación Sexual Como Vía De Acceso a La Maternidad

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Se analiza el discurso sobre las motivaciones que las Madres Solteras por Elección (MSPE) madrileñas aducen para optar o no por la fecundación sexual como vía de acceso a la maternidad. Este discurso, producido en entrevistas cualitativas y en otros contextos de interacción que han sido objeto de observación participante, revela que las MSPE distinguen dos formas de construir sus familias mediante la fecundación sexual: una es "el engaño" (mantener relaciones orientadas subrepticiamente al embarazo) y la otra consiste en recurrir a un "donante conocido" (a un varón con quien se pacta que no reclamará la paternidad sobre el hijo que nazca). La primera es objeto de una fuerte reprobación moral, y la segunda conlleva serios riesgos para conservar la autonomía del proyecto familiar, por lo que las MSPE estudiadas cuestionan que se siga optando por ellas en unos tiempos en que otras alternativas están al alcance de las mujeres que escogen ser madres solteras.Palabras claves: madres solteras por elección (MSPE), monoparentalidad, fecundación sexual, donante conocido. Los resultados que se presentan en este artículo provienen de una investigación etnográfica que lleva por título "Madres solteras por elección: proyectos familiares y políticas públicas" 1 , con la que hemos abordado algunas dimensiones de un fenómeno hasta ahora poco estudiado en España así como en el ámbito latinoamericano: el de la monoparentalidad por elección. Como se destaca en Jociles y Rivas (2009), se trata de un fenómeno que, si bien ha gozado de una considerable atención por parte de los medios de comunicación en los últimos años, apenas ha sido objeto de estudios científico-sociales 2 , a diferencia de lo que ha sucedido en el ámbito anglosajón o, incluso, en el israelí (véase Ben-Ari y This article analyzes the discourse surrounding motivations that Single Mothers by Choice (SMC) of Madrid, Spain, provide for choosing whether to use sexual intercourse as a path to single parenthood. The discourse produced in qualitative interviews, as well as participant interactions and observations, shows that SMC have two ways to build their families using sexual intercourse. One way, called "the deceit", is to use sexual intercourse to become surreptitiously pregnant, and the other is to use a "known donor" or a man who agrees not to claim paternity of the child they produce. The first is morally disapproved of, and the second entails serious risks to preserving the autonomy of the SMC. Consequently, the SMC interviewed question whether they should continue to opt for these avenues to single parenthood at a time when other

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“…Nevertheless, studies of anonymous sperm donation show that mothers' intentions to disclose are significantly higher in solo mother than in heterosexual couple families (Klock et al, 1996, Murray, Golombok, 2005), presumed to result from the need to explain the absence of a father (Brewaeys, 2010). A body of empirical evidence, however, is not yet available to support the claim that solo mothers actually disclose to their children at an early age or that they do so owing to the absence of a father in the home.…”

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Disclosure of sperm donation: a comparison between solo mother and two-parent families with identifiable donors

Freeman

Zadeh

Smith

et al. 2016

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

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Disclosure of donor conception to children was compared between solo mother and two-parent families with children aged 4–8 years conceived since the removal of donor anonymity in the UK. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 31 heterosexual solo mothers and 47 heterosexual mothers with partners to investigate their decisions and experiences about identifiable donation and disclosure to their children. No significant difference was found in the proportion of mothers in each family type who had told their children about their donor conception (solo mothers 54.8%; partnered mothers 36.2%). Of those who had not told, a significantly higher proportion of solo mothers than partnered mothers intended to disclose (P < 0.05). Partnered mothers were more likely than solo mothers to feel neutral, ambivalent or negative about having used an identifiable donor (P < 0.05), and were less likely to consider children's knowledge of their genetic origins as extremely important (P < 0.05). These findings are relevant to provision of counselling services as it cannot be assumed that parents will tell their children about their origins or their entitlement to request the identity of their donor at the age of 18 years. Further qualitative research would increase understanding of solo mothers' attitudes towards disclosure.

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Psychology: A comparison of single and married recipients of donor insemination

Cited by 31 publications

References 13 publications

‘Mom by choice, single by life's circumstance…’ Findings from a large scale survey of the experiences of single mothers by choice

‘Mom by choice, single by life's circumstance…’ Findings from a large scale survey of the experiences of single mothers by choice

Madres Solteras Por Elección: Representaciones Sobre La Fecundación Sexual Como Vía De Acceso a La Maternidad

Disclosure of sperm donation: a comparison between solo mother and two-parent families with identifiable donors

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