The current study explored whether and to what extent different procreative options (natural conception, adoption, homologous techniques, and heterologous techniques) were perceived as enriching or threatening to young adults’ expectation of identity motives fulfillment. Our sample consisted of 1380 Italian young adults (62.9% women) aged between 18 and 33 years who participated in a national online survey on young adulthood. Results showed that participants expect natural conception to be more enriching to their identity, whereas they expected heterologous techniques to be more threatening to their identity compared to all other procreative options. Moreover, participants perceived adoption in the event of one’s partner’s sterility to be more enriching to their identity compared to both homologous and heterologous assisted reproductive techniques. Data were also analyzed taking into account the participants’ sex, age, and religious beliefs.

目前的研究探讨了不同的生育选择（自然受孕、收养、同源技术和异源技术）是否以及在多大程度上被视为丰富或威胁到年轻人对身份动机实现的期望。我们的样本包括 1380 名年龄在 18 至 33 岁之间的意大利年轻人（62.9% 为女性），他们参加了一项关于青年的全国在线调查。结果表明，与所有其他生育选择相比，参与者期望自然受孕更丰富他们的身份，而他们期望异源技术对他们的身份更具威胁。此外，与同源和异源辅助生殖技术相比，参与者认为在伴侣不育的情况下收养更丰富了他们的身份。