Motivation for gamete and embryo donation and surrogacy

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https://dx.doi.org/10.18565/aig.2020.4.26-30

Malykh S.B., Symanyuk E.E., Polyakova I.G.
1 First President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg, Russia; 2 Psychological Institute, Russian Academy of Education, Moscow, Russia

The article reviews modern foreign literature on the motivation of gamete and embryo donors and on surrogacy. Motives are analyzed in the context of intra-family donation, voluntary (free) donation, commercial donation, as well as cases of mixed motivation. In all types of donation, donors can be guided by either one leading motive or a combination of several motives. One of the leading motives for gamete and embryo donation and surrogacy is altruism, although it is not the only motivating factor. Another important factor that encourages people to donate is material reward. The article also presents studies aimed to investigate how donors perceive rewards for their services - selfishly or altruistically. Changes in a donor’s motivation, differences between the desire to act as a donor and real donation are considered. Studying the motives of donation in modern Russian society can contribute to the solution of an important social problem, such as infertility.

infertility

donation

assisted reproductive technology (ART)

reproductive donation

motivation for reproductive donation

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Received 13.01.2020

Accepted 07.02.2020

Sergey B. Malykh, Doctor of Sciences in Psychology, Professor, Member of the Russian Academy of Education, Principal research fellow at the Laboratory of Neurotechnologies Ural Federal University. E-mail: malykhsb@mail.ru
Address: 620002, Russia, Yekaterinburg, Mira str., 19
Chair of the Developmental Behavioral Genetics Laboratory Psychological Institute of Russian Academy of Education
Address: 125009, 9-4 Mokhovaya str., Moscow
Elvira E. Symaniuk, Doctor of Sciences in Psychology, Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology Ural Federal University. E-mail: e.e.symaniuk@urfu.ru
Address: 620002, Russia, Yekaterinburg, Mira str., 19
Irina G. Polyakova, researcher, Ural Center for Advanced Studies Ural Federal University, E-mail: irinapolykova@yandex.ru
Address: 620002, Russia, Yekaterinburg, Mira str., 19

For citation: Malykh S.B., Symanyuk E.E., Polyakova I.G. Motivation for gamete and embryo donation and surrogacy.
Akusherstvo i Ginekologiya/ Obstetrics and gynecology. 2020; 4: 26-30. (In Russian).
https://dx.doi.org/10.18565/aig.2020.4.26-30

Motivation for gamete and embryo donation and surrogacy

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