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  • Title: Families created through surrogacy: mother-child relationships and children's psychological adjustment at age 7.
    Author: Golombok S, Readings J, Blake L, Casey P, Marks A, Jadva V.
    Journal: Dev Psychol; 2011 Nov; 47(6):1579-88. PubMed ID: 21895360.
    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.
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