Research Areas:

Donor Insemination: Psychosocial Issues
Human Mate Choice
Other Topics

Donor Insemination: Psychosocial Issues

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]


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


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


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. [Request]


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. [Request]


Braverman, A.M., Benward, J.M. & Scheib, J.E. (2002). Views and practices about record keeping and dissemination in donor conception. Fertility & Sterility, 78 (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 (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 (formerly Assisted Reproduction Reviews), 10, 50-58. [Request]


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


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]


Human Mate Choice

Schachner, D.A., Scheib, J.E., Gillath, O. & Shaver, P.R. (2005). Worldwide, economic development and gender equality correlate with liberal sexual attitudes and behavior: What does this tell us about evolutionary psychology? Brain and Behavioral Sciences, 28, 293-294. [Request]


Scheib, J.E. (2001). Context-specific mate choice criteria: Women's trade-offs in the contexts of long-term and extra-pair mateships. Personal Relationships, 8, 371-389. [Request]


Scheib, J.E., Gangestad, S.W. & Thornhill, R. (1999). Facial attractiveness, symmetry, and cues of good genes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B, 266, 1913-1917. [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]


Other Topics

Scheib, J.E., Cody, L.E., Clayton, N.S. & Montgomerie, R.D. (2003). Vigilance and the group-size effect: Observing behavior in humans. In B.J. Ploger & K. Yasukawa (Eds.), Exploring animal behavior in laboratory and field (pp. 259-277). New York: Academic Press. [Request]


Scheib, J.E., Cody, L.E., Clayton, N.S. & Montgomerie, R.D. (2003). Vigilance and the group-size effect: Observing behavior in humans. In B.J. Ploger & K. Yasukawa (Eds.), Teaching animal behavior in laboratory and field (pp. 90-92). New York: Academic Press. [Request]


Scheib, J.E. (2001). Review of Sex in the future: The reproductive revolution and how it will change us. Evolution and Human Behavior, 22, 217-220.


McAndrew, F.T, Akande, A., Bridgstock, R., Mealey, L, Gordon, S.C., Scheib, J.E., Akande-Adetoun, B.E., Odewale, F., Morakinyo, A., Nyahete, P. & Mubvakure, G. (2000). A multicultural study of stereotyping in English-speaking countries. Journal of Social Psychology, 140, 487-502.


Scheib, J.E. & Shaver, P.R. (1998). What it means to be female. American Journal of Primatology, 44, 277-279.


Scheib, J.E. (1997). Human evolution: Cognitive adaptations. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 1, 4.


Wilson, M., Daly, M. & Scheib, J.E. (1997). Femicide: An evolutionary psychological perspective. In P.A. Gowaty (Ed.), Feminism and evolutionary biology: Boundaries, intersections and frontiers (pp. 431-465). New York: Chapman & Hall.


Scheib, J.E. (1995). Primatism? Bugs, birds, and rodents are important too. Politics & The Life Sciences, 14, 190-191.