OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the self-reported psychosocial well-being of 11- to 18-year-old adolescents who were conceived by in vitro fertilization (IVF) and examine the role of IVF conception on behavior. DESIGN: Youth Self-Report (YSR) of 86 IVF and 97 control adolescents. SETTING: VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam. PATIENT(S): Adolescents of ages 11 to 18 years; mean age 15.71 (± 2.06) years in IVF and 15.07 (± 2.11) years in controls. INTERVENTION(S): None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Behavior and socioemotional functioning reported by the children themselves. RESULT(S): The YSR scores were all within the normal range. No statistically significant differences were found between the IVF and control groups on the different scales. CONCLUSION(S): Behavior and socioemotional functioning as reported by 11- to 18-year-old adolescents conceived by IVF were found to be normal. Previously found reduced behavior of externalizing nature and more withdrawn/depressed behavior reported by parents and teachers could not be reproduced in this study. We found no significant influence of IVF conception on behavior in adolescence.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the self-reported psychosocial well-being of 11- to 18-year-old adolescents who were conceived by in vitro fertilization (IVF) and examine the role of IVF conception on behavior. DESIGN: Youth Self-Report (YSR) of 86 IVF and 97 control adolescents. SETTING: VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam. PATIENT(S): Adolescents of ages 11 to 18 years; mean age 15.71 (± 2.06) years in IVF and 15.07 (± 2.11) years in controls. INTERVENTION(S): None. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Behavior and socioemotional functioning reported by the children themselves. RESULT(S): The YSR scores were all within the normal range. No statistically significant differences were found between the IVF and control groups on the different scales. CONCLUSION(S): Behavior and socioemotional functioning as reported by 11- to 18-year-old adolescents conceived by IVF were found to be normal. Previously found reduced behavior of externalizing nature and more withdrawn/depressed behavior reported by parents and teachers could not be reproduced in this study. We found no significant influence of IVF conception on behavior in adolescence.