Children Conceived by Gamete Donation: Psychological Adjustment and Mother-Child Relationships at Age 7

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 230-239

  Golombok, Susan ^a   Readings, Jennifer ^a   Blake, Lucy ^a   Casey, Polly ^a   Mellish, Laura ^a   Marks, Alex ^a   Jadva, Vasanti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Donor insemination; Egg donation; Gamete donation; Mother child relationship; Psychological adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CHILD; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OOCYTE DONATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; INSEMINATION, ARTIFICIAL, HETEROLOGOUS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OOCYTE DONATION;

EID: 79955035347     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022769     Document Type: Article

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