Motivation of surrogate mothers: initial findings
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 140 (1) , 117-118
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.140.1.117
Abstract
The author presents demographic and motivational data on 125 women who applied to be surrogate mothers. Several complementary motivations were noted: the desires for money, to be pregnant, to "give" a baby, and to resolve internal psychological conflicts.Keywords
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