title: Self-reported behavioral and socioemotional functioning of 11- to 18-year-old adolescents conceived by in vitro fertilization.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the self-reported psychosocial well-being of 11- to 18-year-old adolescents who were conceived by in vitro fertilization (IVF) and examine the role of IVF conception on behavior.
  
  
  METHODS
  Youth Self-Report (YSR) of 86 IVF and 97 control adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam.
  
  
  METHODS
  Adolescents of ages 11 to 18 years; mean age 15.71 (± 2.06) years in IVF and 15.07 (± 2.11) years in controls.
  
  
  METHODS
  None.
  
  
  METHODS
  Behavior and socioemotional functioning reported by the children themselves.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The YSR scores were all within the normal range. No statistically significant differences were found between the IVF and control groups on the different scales.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Behavior and socioemotional functioning as reported by 11- to 18-year-old adolescents conceived by IVF were found to be normal. Previously found reduced behavior of externalizing nature and more withdrawn/depressed behavior reported by parents and teachers could not be reproduced in this study. We found no significant influence of IVF conception on behavior in adolescence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Psychology and Institute for Clinical and Experimental Neurosciences, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. k.wagenaar@vumc.nl
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wagenaar
authors.forename: Mirjam M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: van Weissenbruch
authors.forename: Flora E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: van Leeuwen
authors.forename: Peggy T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Cohen-Kettenis
authors.forename: Henriette A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Delemarre-van de Waal
authors.forename: Roel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schats
authors.forename: Jaap
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huisman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D000465:Algorithms; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology; D004644:Emotions / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005306:Fertilization / Q000502:physiology*; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010553:Personality Development; D012107:Research Design; D057566:Self Report; D012919:Social Behavior