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

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dc.abstract.enAims/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.
dc.affiliationInstytut Psychologii
dc.contributor.authorJanowicz, Kamil
dc.contributor.authorGato, Jorge
dc.contributor.authorVázquez, Inês
dc.contributor.authorCoimbra, Susana
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Inês
dc.contributor.authorDore, Iolanda
dc.contributor.authorShenkman, Geva
dc.contributor.authorCiesielski, Paweł
dc.contributor.authorTasker, Fiona
dc.date.access2025-09-24
dc.date.accessioned2025-09-24T07:51:07Z
dc.date.available2025-09-24T07:51:07Z
dc.date.created2025-08-05
dc.date.issued2025-08-13
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dc.description.versionfinal_published
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/02646838.2025.2547920
dc.identifier.issn0264-6838
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/1817
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationpsychologia
dc.rightsClosedAccess
dc.rights.explanationCzasopismo płatne.
dc.rights.questionNo_rights
dc.share.articleOTHER
dc.subject.encross-cultural
dc.subject.enparenthood
dc.subject.engender
dc.subject.enpartner gender
dc.subject.enplurisexuality
dc.swps.sciencecloudnosend
dc.titleTo build a family: exploring preferred paths to parenthood among plurisexual individuals without children
dc.title.journalJournal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology
dc.typeJournalArticle
dspace.entity.typeArticle