A PRELIMINARY-STUDY OF PARENTAL STRESS AND CHILD-BEHAVIOR IN FAMILIESWITH TWINS CONCEIVED BY IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION

This paper reports on a preliminary study of parenting quality, parent al stress and child behaviour in families with twins conceived by in-v itro fertilization (IVF) in comparison with families with naturally co nceived twins. No differences were found between the types of family i n parenting quality or child behaviour. However, parents whose childre n were conceived by IVF reported greater stress associated with parent ing than parents with naturally conceived twins.