The Disclosure Decision after the Use of Donor Gametes

描述(申请人提供)：本次定性研究的目标是 为了更好地了解孩子的父母是如何通过使用捐赠者受孕的 配子决定是否告诉他们的孩子 他们的受孕的真正生物学性质，即披露决定。 因为文化假设和观念对 对于父母和家庭的意义，我们特别感兴趣的是耻辱， 性别和伦理问题影响着做出关于 披露。具体目标是： 1)描述父母在决定披露以下信息时所经历的过程 使用捐赠者人工授精的夫妇的子女捐赠者身份 精子(DI)或供体卵子(DO)；2)确定柱头的各自作用， 在做出披露决定时遇到的性别和伦理问题；3)描述 父母所关心和解决的问题的范围和重要性 披露决定；以及4)描述披露立场如何演变， 特别是在儿童生命中的关键时刻。定性的 数据分析将分八步进行。这项为期42个月的研究 该项目是一项对使用捐赠者配子的父母进行的人种学研究 怀上一个孩子。这是美国第一次对父母进行深入研究。态度 关于披露子女捐赠者身份的夫妇使用了 捐精者授精或捐赠者卵子技术。这项研究将研究 120对夫妇(60DI型和60D型)，使用3次对丈夫和 分居和在一起的妻子。我们将引导参与者参与这项研究 其子女年龄在3-10岁之间，重点放在样本上 所有这些年龄在T1岁的孩子的父母。

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.