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Associations betweenmaternal older age,family environmentand parent and childwellbeing in familiesusing assistedreproductivetechniques toconceive Jacky BoivinFrances RiceDale F. Hay2009 год

Associations between maternal older age, family environment and parent and child wellbeing in families using assisted reproductive techniques to conceive
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Аннотация: Maternal age effects on parenting and family outcomes are of increasing interest because of the demographic shift toward older maternal age at first birth. Maternal age is also of interest because of the greater use of assisted reproductive techniques (ART) to bypass age-related infertility in couples trying to conceive late in the reproductive life cycle of the woman. The aim of the present study was to investigate maternal age effects associated with delayed parenting by comparing families of mothers who gave birth at a younger (<31 years) or older (>38 years) age and to ascertain whether associations were linear associations by comparing these groups to women who had conceived in between these ages (i.e., >31 and <38 years). All children (4-11 year olds) were first-born and conceived using ART. Participants were recruited from one of 20 fertility clinics and mothers (n=642) and fathers (n=439) completed a postal questionnaire about demographic and reproductive characteristics, family environment as well as parent and child wellbeing. Our results demonstrate that parenthood via assisted conception later in the reproductive life cycle is not associated with a negative impact on child wellbeing. Despite maternal age-group differences on demographic (education, income) and reproductive characteristics (bleeding during pregnancy, caesarean rate, breast feeding), and parental warmth and depressive symptoms, child wellbeing was similar across mother age groups. We conclude that the parenting context is different for older mother families (more depressive symptoms in mothers and fathers, less expressed warmth in the couple) but that this difference is not associated with child wellbeing in early and middle childhood.
Год издания: 2009
Авторы: Jacky Boivin, Frances Rice, Dale F. Hay, Gordon T. Harold, Allyson Lewis, Marianne B. M. van den Bree, Anita Thapar
Издательство: Elsevier BV
Источник: Social Science & Medicine
Ключевые слова: Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy, Reproductive Health and Technologies, Family Dynamics and Relationships
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