Open AccessAnalysis of the attitudes and emotional processes in couples undergoing artificial insemination by donor
Author(s) -
Juan Rojo-Moreno,
C. Valdemoro,
Marisa García-Merita,
Miguel Tortajada
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
human reproduction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.446
H-Index - 226
eISSN - 1460-2350
pISSN - 0268-1161
DOI - 10.1093/humrep/11.2.294
Subject(s) - artificial insemination , pregnancy , psychology , position (finance) , wish , developmental psychology , association (psychology) , insemination , donor insemination , social psychology , medicine , psychotherapist , sociology , genetics , finance , anthropology , economics , biology
Osgood's Semantic Differential Questionnaire was used to study 40 couples undergoing an artificial insemination by donor (AID) programme. The following reference concepts were used: Father, Mother, Work, Marriage, Myself, Children, Pregnancy, Guilt, Sex and Family. The results show that women consider ¿being a Mother' as something emotionally ¿warm', take a positive position, feel ¿nervous' and wish the event happened quickly; this is significantly different to men, who give less importance to this fact. Men are more concerned about the pregnancy and consider it a ¿hard', ¿strong' and ¿heavy' experience. The score in the concept Guilt significantly stands out from the rest of the concepts in both men and women; it is also striking how AID women relate the concept Mother with the concept Father, whereas men establish the association between Mother and Work.