title: The social adaptation of children born after ICSI compared with IVF-conceived children: a study from China.
abstract: We compared the social adjustment among Chinese children born after intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) vs those after in vitro fertilisation (IVF) and identify factors related to the adjustment. The social adaptation of 86 ICSI and 165 IVF conceived children of 4-6 years of age was assessed using the Infants-Junior Middle School Students' Social-Life Abilities Scale. There was no significant difference between the ICSI and IVF-conceived groups on the item of communication, self-dependence, locomotion, work skills, socialisation, self-management and total scores. Compared with routine IVF, ICSI does no harm to the social adaptation of children conceived through this technology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Reproductive Endocrinology, Women's Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Lan-Feng
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Xing
authors.forename: Fan
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.forename: Yu-Li
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Fan-Hong
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yi-Min
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Xin-Fen
authors.initials: XF
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011247:Pregnancy; D002666:Psychology, Child; D012919:Social Behavior; D020554:Sperm Injections, Intracytoplasmic / Q000523:psychology*