Table 3. Means, SD, F, p, d, and 95% CI Values for Comparisons of Fathers’ Parent Development Interview Scores Between Family Types.
Egg donation (N = 67) |
IVF (N = 35) |
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M | SD | M | SD | F(1, 100) | p | d | 95% CI | |
Representation: self | ||||||||
Degree of anger | 1.60 | 0.60 | 1.70 | 0.61 | 0.58 | .45 | −0.17 | [−0.58, 0.24] |
Expression of anger | 1.28 | 0.50 | 1.33 | 0.53 | 0.25 | .62 | −0.10 | [−0.51, 0.31] |
Support: level of need | 1.52 | 0.52 | 1.64 | 0.58 | 1.15 | .29 | −0.22 | [−0.63, 0.19] |
Support: satisfaction | 3.73 | 0.47 | 3.67 | 0.59 | 0.31 | .58 | 0.12 | [−0.29, 0.53] |
Guilt | 1.64 | 0.55 | 1.57 | 0.52 | 0.39 | .53 | 0.13 | [−0.28, 0.54] |
Joy | 3.43 | 0.56 | 3.36 | 0.72 | 0.34 | .56 | 0.11 | [−0.30, 0.52] |
Competence | 3.19 | 0.63 | 3.23 | 0.60 | 0.11 | .75 | −0.07 | [−0.47, 0.34] |
Confidence | 3.28 | 0.50 | 3.30 | 0.44 | 0.03 | .87 | −0.04 | [−0.45, 0.37] |
Level of child focus | 3.13 | 0.71 | 3.20 | 0.70 | 0.20 | .66 | −0.10 | [−0.51, 0.31] |
Disappointment | 1.04 | 0.18 | 1.11 | 0.39 | 1.89 | .17 | −0.26 | [−0.67, 0.15] |
Warmth | 3.45 | 0.55 | 3.39 | 0.61 | 0.27 | .60 | 0.11 | [−0.30, 0.51] |
Attachment awareness | 3.07 | 0.63 | 3.11 | 0.56 | 0.14 | .71 | −0.07 | [−0.48, 0.34] |
Hostility | 1.07 | 0.23 | 1.04 | 0.19 | 0.29 | .59 | 0.14 | [−0.27, 0.55] |
EMM | SE | EMM | SE | F(1, 99) | p | d | 95% CI | |
Representation: child | ||||||||
Child aggression | 1.31 | .06 | 1.42 | .09 | 0.76 | .39 | −0.22 | [−0.63, 0.19] |
Child happiness | 3.33 | .07 | 3.42 | .10 | 0.51 | .48 | −0.16 | [−0.57, 0.25] |
Child controlling | 1.27 | .05 | 1.31 | .07 | 0.16 | .69 | −0.10 | [−0.51, 0.31] |
Child affectionate | 3.22 | .07 | 3.28 | .09 | 0.29 | .59 | −0.11 | [−0.52, 0.30] |
Child rejecting | 1.13 | .04 | 1.09 | .06 | 0.22 | .64 | 0.12 | [−0.29, 0.53] |
M | SD | M | SD | t(100) | p | d | 95% CI | |
Global codes | ||||||||
Reflective functioning | 3.03 | 0.74 | 3.01 | 0.66 | 0.11 | .92 | 0.03 | [−0.38, 0.44] |
Coherence | 3.28 | 0.60 | 3.41 | 0.49 | −1.17 | .24 | −0.23 | [−0.64, 0.18] |
Richness of perceptions | 3.07 | 0.76 | 3.01 | 0.73 | 0.34 | .74 | 0.08 | [−0.33, 0.49] |
Note. IVF = in vitro fertilization; EMM = estimated marginal means.