title: A controlled study of the psycho-social development of children conceived following insemination with donor semen.
abstract: Although donor insemination has been used to produce pregnancies for many years, there has been little information on how children conceived in this unusual manner develop psycho-socially. We have therefore carried out a controlled quantitative assessment comparing children who were conceived by donor insemination to adoptees and naturally conceived children who were matched for age and sex. We conclude that the psycho-social development of donor insemination children was no different from the two control groups.
authors.affiliation: Insemination Service, Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Kovacs
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mushin
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kane
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Baker
mesh_terms: D000300:Adoption; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007316:Insemination, Artificial, Heterologous / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires