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Parental investment in couples who conceived spontaneously or with assisted reproductive techniques
Author(s) -
Sofia Gameiro,
María Cristina Canavarro,
Jacky Boivin,
Mariana Moura­Ramos,
Isabel Soares,
Teresa AlmeidaSantos
Publication year - 2011
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/der031
Subject(s) - psychology , multilevel model , investment (military) , developmental psychology , social support , pregnancy , marital relationship , depression (economics) , parental investment , social psychology , demography , clinical psychology , sociology , biology , economics , macroeconomics , politics , political science , law , genetics , machine learning , computer science , offspring
It has been suggested that couples who conceive with assisted reproductive technologies (ART) invest more in their child than those who conceive spontaneously. This study examined how parental investment in the child (PIC) varied as a function of method-of-conception, gender and other contextual variables, i.e. prenatal depression, social support and satisfaction with the marital relationship.

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