Motivation of Altruistic Sperm Donors Participating in Assisted Reproduction in Russian Federation | Sibirskiy Psikhologicheskiy Zhurnal – Siberian Journal of Psychology. 2020. № 78. DOI: 10.17223/17267080/78/3

Motivation of Altruistic Sperm Donors Participating in Assisted Reproduction in Russian Federation

This article explores the motivations behind Russian men's altruistic sperm donation using Alderfer's Existence-Relatedness-Growth (ERG) model. Among the sample of 86 men, altruistic motivation is mostly driven by existence and relatedness. Correlations tests indicated two patterns: 1) men driven by existence needs are more willing to maintain contact with the future child and less prone to self-promotion; 2) men driven by relatedness needs demonstrate the opposite characteristics. These results contribute to further research of reproductive donor motivations in Russia.

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Alderfer's ERG theory, reproductive donation, sperm donation, sperm donors' motivation, assisted reproduction technologies

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Name	Organization	E-mail
Symaniuk Elvira Е.	Ural Federal University	e.e.symaniuk@urfu.ru
Polyakova Irina G.	Ural Federal University	irinapolykova@yandex.ru
Andal Aireen Grace	Ural Federal University	aandal@urfu.ru / aireengracetandal@gmail.com

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