UCDavis Psychology

Donor Insemination: Psychosocial Issues

Scheib, J.E. & Ruby, A. (2009). Beyond Consanguinity Risk: Developing Donor Birth Limits that Consider Psychosocial Risk Factors. Fertility & Sterility, 91, e12. [Request]

Scheib, J.E., Ruby, A. & Benward, J. (2008). Who requests their sperm donor’s identity? Analysis of donor-conceived adult requests at an open-identity program. Fertility & Sterility, 90 (sup. 1), S8-9. [Request]

Scheib, J.E. & Ruby, A. (2008). Contact among families who share the same sperm donor. Fertility & Sterility, 90, 33-43. [Request]

Shehab, D., Duff, J., Pasch, L.A., Mac Dougall, K., Scheib, J.E. & Nachtigall, R.D. (2008). How parents whose children have been conceived with donor gametes make their disclosure decision: Contexts, influences, and couple dynamics. Fertility & Sterility, 89, 179-187. [Request]

Scheib, J.E. & Cushing, R.A. (2007). Open-identity donor insemination in the United States: Is it on the rise? Fertility & Sterility, 88, 231-232. [Request]

Mac Dougall, K., Becker, G., Scheib, J.E. & Nachtigall R.D. (2007). Strategies for disclosure: How parents approach telling their children that they were conceived with conceived with donor gametes. Fertility & Sterility, 87, 524-533.

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Scheib, J.E. & Ruby, A. (2006). Impact of sperm donor information on parents and children. Sexuality, Reproduction & Menopause, 4, 17-19.

Fulcher, M., Sutfin, E.L., Chan, R.W., Scheib, J.E. & Patterson, C.J. (2006). Lesbian mothers and their children: Findings from the contemporary families study. In A. Omoto & H. Kurtzman (Eds.), Sexual orientation and mental health: Examining identity and development in lesbian, gay, and bisexual people (pp. 281-299). Washington, DC: APA. [Request]

Scheib, J.E., Riordan, M. & Rubin, S. (2005). Adolescents with open-identity sperm donors: Reports from 12-17 year olds. Human Reproduction, 20, 239-252.

Scheib, J.E. (2004). Experiences of youth and sperm donors in an open-identity program. In Psychology/Counselling Nursing, pre-congress course publication for the 19th annual meeting of the European Society for Human Reproduction and Embryology, Berlin, Germany, pp. 22-25.

Scheib, J.E., Riordan, M. & Rubin, S. (2003). Choosing identity-release^® sperm donors: The parents' perspective 13-18 years later. Human Reproduction, 18, 1115-1127.

Braverman, A.M., Benward, J.M. & Scheib, J.E. (2002). Views and practices about record keeping and dissemination in donor conception. Fertility & Sterility, 78 (sup. 1), S29-30. [Request]

Riordan, M. & Scheib, J.E. (2001). A sperm bank prepares for donor identity-release^®. In S. Franz & D. Allen (Eds.), The offspring speak: An international conference of donor offspring (pp. 34-37). Report to Health Canada. Toronto: Infertility Network.

Scheib, J.E., Steele, A.C., Shaver, P.R. & Riordan, M. (2000). Why leave a donor insemination program before conceiving? Fertility & Sterility, 74 (sup. 1), S190. [Request]

Scheib, J.E., Riordan, M. & Shaver, P.R. (2000). Choosing between anonymous and identity-release^® sperm donors: Recipient and donor characteristics. Reproductive Technologies, 10, 50-58. [Request]

Scheib, J.E., Raboy, B.L. & Shaver, P.R. (1998). Selection of sperm donors: Recipients' criteria and donor attributes that predict choice. Fertility & Sterility, 70 (sup. 1), S279.

Emond, M. & Scheib, J.E. (1998). Why not donate sperm? A study of potential donors. Evolution and Human Behavior, 19, 313-319. [Request]

Scheib, J.E. (1997). Female choice in the context of donor insemination. In P.A. Gowaty (Ed.), Feminism and evolutionary biology: Boundaries, intersections and frontiers (pp. 489-504). New York: Chapman & Hall. [Request]

Scheib, J.E., Kristiansen, A. & Wara, A. (1997). A Norwegian note on Sperm donor selection and the psychology of female mate choice. Evolution and Human Behavior, 18, 143-149. [Request]

Scheib, J.E. (1994). Sperm donor selection and the psychology of female mate choice. Ethology & Sociobiology (now Evolution and Human Behavior), 15, 113-129. [Request]