All Outputs (7)

Parents and children who are estranged in adulthood: A review and discussion of the literature (2017)
Journal Article
Blake, L. (2017). Parents and children who are estranged in adulthood: A review and discussion of the literature. Journal of Family Theory and Review, 9(4), 521-536. https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12216

This review article examines what is known about estrangement between parents and adult children in terms of definition, prevalence, causes, and consequences. Estrangement has been defined and conceptualized in different ways, although most definitio... Read More about Parents and children who are estranged in adulthood: A review and discussion of the literature.

A longitudinal study of families formed through reproductive donation: Parent-adolescent relationships and adolescent adjustment at age 14 (2017)
Journal Article
Golombok, S., Ilioi, E., Blake, L., Roman, G., & Jadva, V. (2017). A longitudinal study of families formed through reproductive donation: Parent-adolescent relationships and adolescent adjustment at age 14. Developmental Psychology, 53(10), 1966-1977. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000372

The aim of the 6th phase of this longitudinal study was to establish whether children born through assisted reproduction involving reproductive donation were at risk for psychological problems following the transition to adolescence at age 14 and, if... Read More about A longitudinal study of families formed through reproductive donation: Parent-adolescent relationships and adolescent adjustment at age 14.

Family Estrangement: What do we know about the breakdown of relationships between family members? (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Blake, L. (2017, May). Family Estrangement: What do we know about the breakdown of relationships between family members?. Presented at Centre for Family Research Seminar Series, University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge

Genetic versus non-genetic motherhood: The quality of mother-child relationships in lesbian mother families (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Blake, L. (2017, April). Genetic versus non-genetic motherhood: The quality of mother-child relationships in lesbian mother families. Paper presented at Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, Texas

Parent-to-parent peer support for parents of children with a disability: A mixed method study (2017)
Journal Article
Bray, L., Carter, B., Sanders, C., Blake, L., & Keegan, K. (2017). Parent-to-parent peer support for parents of children with a disability: A mixed method study. Patient Education and Counseling, 100(8), 1537-1543. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2017.03.004

Objectives This paper will report on the findings of a study which investigated the influence of a befriending (parent-to-parent peer support) scheme on parents whose children have a disability or additional need. The scheme operated from an acute c... Read More about Parent-to-parent peer support for parents of children with a disability: A mixed method study.

Gay fathers’ motivations for and feelings about surrogacy as a path to parenthood (2017)
Journal Article
Blake, L., Carone, N., Raffanello, E., Slutsky, J., Ehrhardt, A. A., & Golombok, S. (2017). Gay fathers’ motivations for and feelings about surrogacy as a path to parenthood. Human Reproduction, 32(4), 860-867. https://doi.org/10.1093/humrep/dex026

STUDY QUESTION Why do gay men choose to start their families through surrogacy? SUMMARY ANSWER Most fathers chose surrogacy because they considered adoption to be a less desirable and/or accessible path to parenthood. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY L... Read More about Gay fathers’ motivations for and feelings about surrogacy as a path to parenthood.

Parenting and the adjustment of children born to gay fathers through surrogacy (2017)
Journal Article
Golombok, S., Blake, L., Slutsky, J., Raffanello, E., Roman, G. D., & Ehrhardt, A. (2018). Parenting and the adjustment of children born to gay fathers through surrogacy. Child Development, 89(4), 1223-1233. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12728

Findings are presented on a study of 40 gay father families created through surrogacy and a comparison group of 55 lesbian mother families created through donor insemination with a child aged 3–9 years. Standardized interview, observational and quest... Read More about Parenting and the adjustment of children born to gay fathers through surrogacy.