Families created through surrogacy: Mother–child relationships and children's psychological adjustment at age 7.
- 1 January 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Developmental Psychology
- Vol. 47 (6), 1579-1588
- https://doi.org/10.1037/a0025292
Abstract
Each year, an increasing number of children are born through surrogacy and thus lack a genetic and/or gestational link with their mother. This study examined the impact of surrogacy on mother-child relationships and children's psychological adjustment. Assessments of maternal positivity, maternal negativity, mother-child interaction, and child adjustment were administered to 32 surrogacy, 32 egg donation, and 54 natural conception families with a 7-year-old child. No differences were found for maternal negativity, maternal positivity, or child adjustment, although the surrogacy and egg donation families showed less positive mother-child interaction than the natural conception families. The findings suggest that both surrogacy and egg donation families function well in the early school years.Funding Information
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD051621)
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