To build a family: exploring preferred paths to parenthood among plurisexual individuals without children.

IF 2.3 4区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology Pub Date : 2026-07-01 Epub Date: 2025-08-13 DOI:10.1080/02646838.2025.2547920

Jorge Gato, Inês Vázquez, Susana Coimbra, Inês Santos, Iolanda Dore, Geva Shenkman, Kamil Janowicz, Pawel Ciesielski, Fiona Tasker

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Abstract

Aims/background: Limited research has examined family-building strategies among plurisexual individuals. Culture and gender are essential determinants of parenthood prospects among individuals with minoritized sexual identities. For plurisexual individuals, the partner's gender also seems to play a critical role. Our investigation aimed to explore cisgender plurisexual individuals' preferred paths to parenthood considering their country of origin, gender, and partner's gender.

Design/method: We examined associations between preferred pathways to parenthood and country, gender, and partner's gender among 405 cisgender plurisexual individuals aged between 18 and 45 years (M = 25.76; SD = 5.57), from Portugal (n = 140; 34.9%), Israel (n = 78; 19.3%), Poland (n = 85; 21%), and the UK (n = 102; 25.2%).

Results: Overall, couple adoption and sexual intercourse were the most chosen pathways to parenthood, and self-insemination and co-parenting were the least chosen. Participants from Poland and the United Kingdom were less likely to choose artificial insemination, single adoption, and self-insemination than their Portuguese counterparts. Women were more likely than men to choose artificial insemination. Individuals in different-gender relationships were more likely to choose sexual intercourse as a means of having children than were those in same-gender relationships, and the opposite was true for artificial insemination.

Conclusion: Country, gender, and the partner's gender influence plurisexual individuals' choice of some parenthood pathways. Psychological and reproductive counselling should consider these aspects.

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建立家庭：在没有孩子的多性恋个体中探索成为父母的首选途径。

目的/背景：有限的研究考察了多元性个体之间的家庭建设策略。文化和性别是少数性身份的个人成为父母前景的重要决定因素。对于多性恋者来说，伴侣的性别似乎也起着关键作用。我们的调查旨在探讨顺性多性恋者在考虑原籍国、性别和伴侣性别时选择的为人父母之路。设计/方法：我们在405名年龄在18 - 45岁的异性恋者中研究了首选的为人父母途径与国家、性别和伴侣性别之间的关系(M = 25.76；SD = 5.57)，来自葡萄牙(n = 140；34.9%)，以色列(n = 78；19.3%)，波兰(n = 85；21%)，英国(n = 102；25.2%)。结果：总体而言，夫妻收养和性交是选择最多的父母途径，而自授精和共同抚养的选择最少。与葡萄牙人相比，来自波兰和英国的参与者较少选择人工授精、单收养和自我授精。女性比男性更有可能选择人工授精。不同性别关系中的个体比同性关系中的个体更有可能选择性交作为生育孩子的手段，而人工授精的情况则相反。结论：国家、性别和伴侣的性别影响着多性恋个体对某些育儿途径的选择。心理和生殖咨询应考虑到这些方面。

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Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology reports and reviews outstanding research on psychological, behavioural, medical and social aspects of human reproduction, pregnancy and infancy. Medical topics focus on obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics and psychiatry. The growing work in relevant aspects of medical communication and medical sociology are also covered. Relevant psychological work includes developmental psychology, clinical psychology, social psychology, behavioural medicine, psychology of women and health psychology. Research into psychological aspects of midwifery, health visiting and nursing is central to the interests of the Journal. The Journal is of special value to those concerned with interdisciplinary issues. As a result, the Journal is of particular interest to those concerned with fundamental processes in behaviour and to issues of health promotion and service organization.