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How
do children make sense of their donor fathers & themselves?
I
am looking for single mothers who:
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have used anonymous donor sperm
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have children aged 5 - 10
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live in the north-east USA (NY, NJ, CT, MA, DC, PA)
I
am conducting a dissertation research study looking at the mental
representations
that children between the ages of 5 - 10 have of their
anonymous
donors and the relationship (if any) to the child's
self-concept.
The
study consists of a taped interview with the child participant which
is fairly
open ended (e.g. "Describe your donor" or "Tell me about your
donor"
"What
do you imagine he might be like?" etc.) followed by an adjective
checklist. As part of the interview, children are
also asked questions
such as,
"Is there any part of you that is like the donor or not?"
I then
administer
a self-concept scale to the child. The mothers also complete
a questionnaire
and a social support inventory.
The
entire process takes approximately an hour and a half, and a $35
gift
certificate
from Barnes and Noble is provided for participating.
If
you are interested, please contact me.
Elizabeth
Groisser
(Doctoral
candidate in clinical psychology)
egroisser@aol.com,
201-341-4926
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