The Disclosure Decision after the Use of Donor Gametes

描述（由申请人提供）：本定性研究的目标是 为了更好地了解父母如何通过使用捐赠者怀孕， 配子决定是否告诉他们的孩子 其概念的真正生物学性质，即，披露决定。 因为文化的假设和看法对人的行为产生了强大的影响， 父母和家庭的意义，我们特别感兴趣的是如何耻辱， 性别和道德问题影响着决策过程， 管理公开具体目标是： 1)描述父母在决定是否披露 使用任何一种捐赠者授精的夫妇的子女捐赠者身份， 精子（DI）或供体卵子（DO）; 2）确定柱头各自的作用， 做出披露决定时的性别和道德问题; 3）描述 父母的关注和问题的范围和意义，因为他们努力解决 披露决定;以及4）描述披露立场如何演变， 特别是在孩子生命中的关键时刻。定性 数据分析将分八步进行。为期42个月的研究 该项目是一项人种学研究，研究对象是使用捐赠配子 怀上孩子这是美国第一次对父母进行深入研究。态度 对于使用过以下方法之一的夫妇， 精子或卵子捐赠技术的捐赠者授精。该研究将研究 120对夫妇（60个DI和60个DO），使用3个丈夫和 妻子分开和一起。我们将引导参与者参与研究 其孩子年龄在3 - 10岁之间，重点是样本反映 在T1年龄段的孩子的所有父母。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this qualitative research is to better understand how parents of children conceived through the use of donor gametes make their decision about whether or not to tell their children of the true biological nature of their conception, i.e., the disclosure decision. Because cultural assumptions and perceptions exert a powerful influence on the meaning of parenthood and family, we are specifically interested in how stigma, gender, and ethical issues influence the process of making a decision about disclosure. The specific aims are: 1) Describe the process that parents undergo in decisions about disclosure of children's donor status by couples who have used either donor insemination of sperm (DI) or donor egg (DO); 2) Determine the respective roles of stigma, gender, and ethical issues in arriving at the disclosure decision; 3) Describe the range and significance of parental concerns and issues as they grapple with the disclosure decision; and 4) Describe how disclosure stances evolve, especially with respect to critical junctures in the child's life. Qualitative data analysis will proceed in an eight-step progression. The 42-month research project is an ethnographic study of parents who have used a donor gamete to conceive a child. It is the first in-depth U.S. study of parental. attitudes towards disclosure of children's donor status by couples who have used either donor insemination of sperm or donor egg technologies. The research will study 120 couples (60 DI and 60 DO), using 3 in-depth interviews of husbands and wives separately and together. We will induct participants into the research whose child is between the ages of 3-10, with emphasis on the sample reflecting a full range of parents of children between those ages at T1.