Families created by assisted reproduction: Parent-child relationships in late adolescence

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 835-848

  Owen, Lucy ^a   Golombok, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption; Donor insemination; In vitro fertilization; Parenting

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONCEPTION; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVORCE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOPTION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 67649419436     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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