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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.

Families created by donor insemination: Father-child relationships at age 7 (2013)
Journal Article
Casey, P., Jadva, V., Blake, L., & Golombok, S. (2013). Families created by donor insemination: Father-child relationships at age 7. Journal of Marriage and Family, 75(4), 858-870. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf

This study examined the psychological well-being of fathers and father–child relationships in families with a 7-year-old child conceived by donor insemination. Twenty-four donor insemination families and comparison groups of 25 egg donation and 32 un... Read More about Families created by donor insemination: Father-child relationships at age 7.

Children born through reproductive donation: A longitudinal study of psychological adjustment (2012)
Journal Article
Golombok, S., Blake, L., Casey, P., Roman, G., & Jadva, V. (2013). Children born through reproductive donation: A longitudinal study of psychological adjustment. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 54(6), 653-660. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12015

Background: Parenting and children's adjustment were examined in 30 surrogacy families, 31 egg donation families, 35 donor insemination families, and 53 natural conception families. Methods: Parenting was assessed at age 3 by a standardized interview... Read More about Children born through reproductive donation: A longitudinal study of psychological adjustment.