Self-reported behavioral and socioemotional functioning of 11- to 18-year-old adolescents conceived by in vitro fertilization.
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 Previously found reduced behavior of externalizing nature and more withdrawn/depressed behavior reported by parents and teachers could not be reproduced in this study.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.
Wagenaar
Karin
K
Department of Medical Psychology and Institute for Clinical and Experimental Neurosciences, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. k.wagenaar@vumc.nl
van Weissenbruch
Mirjam M
MM
van Leeuwen
Flora E
FE
Cohen-Kettenis
Peggy T
PT
Delemarre-van de Waal
Henriette A
HA
Schats
Roel
R
Huisman
Jaap
J
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