- Zadeh, S., Jadva, V. and Jones, C. (2024). Searching for and making genetic connections: recommendations for practice from donor conceived adults in the UK. Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 48(1). doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2023.103418.
- Imrie, S., Lysons, J., Foley, S., Jadva, V., Shaw, K., Grimmel, J. … Golombok, S.E. (2023). A longitudinal study of families created using egg donation: Family functioning at age 5. Journal of Family Psychology, 37(8), pp. 1253–1265. doi:10.1037/fam0001145.
- Bower-Brown, S., Shaw, K., McConnachie, A., Jadva, V., Ahuja, K. and Golombok, S. (2023). Biogenetic Kinship in Families Formed via Reciprocal IVF: ‘It Was [My Partner]’s Egg . . . But My Blood Flowed through Her’. Sociology. doi:10.1177/00380385231212398.
- Lysons, J., Imrie, S., Jadva, V. and Golombok, S. (2023). Families created via identity-release egg donation: disclosure and an exploration of donor threat in early childhood. Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 47(4). doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2023.05.007.
- Jones, C., Jadva, V., Zadeh, S. and Golombok, S. (2023). Single fathers’ experiences of using egg donation and surrogacy to start a family. Human Reproduction, 38(10), pp. 1981–1990. doi:10.1093/humrep/dead152.
- Tohme, N., Cutting, R., Gürtin, Z. and Jadva, V. (2023). A comparative study of sperm and egg donors' personal descriptions and goodwill messages. Reproductive BioMedicine Online. doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2023.103410.
- Bower-Brown, S., Foley, S., Jadva, V. and Golombok, S. (2023). Grappling with tradition: the experiences of cisgender, heterosexual mothers and fathers in elective co-parenting arrangements. Journal of Family Studies. doi:10.1080/13229400.2023.2209060.
- Golombok, S., Shaw, K., McConnachie, A., Jadva, V., Foley, S., Macklon, N. … Ahuja, K. (2023). Relationships between mothers and children in families formed by shared biological motherhood. Human Reproduction, 38(5), pp. 917–926. doi:10.1093/humrep/dead047.
- Jadva, V., Jones, C., Hall, P., Imrie, S. and Golombok, S. (2023). ‘I know it’s not normal but it’s normal to me, and that’s all that matters’: experiences of young adults conceived through egg donation, sperm donation, and surrogacy. Human Reproduction, 38(5), pp. 908–916. doi:10.1093/humrep/dead048.
- Golombok, S., Jones, C., Hall, P., Foley, S., Imrie, S. and Jadva, V. (2023). A longitudinal study of families formed through third-party assisted reproduction: Mother–child relationships and child adjustment from infancy to adulthood. Developmental Psychology, 59(6), pp. 1059–1073. doi:10.1037/dev0001526.
- Lysons, J. and Jadva, V. (2023). The psychosocial outcomes of older parenthood in early to mid-childhood: a mini-review. Human Reproduction, 38(6), pp. 1028–1035. doi:10.1093/humrep/dead070.
- Jadva, V., Guasp, A., Bradlow, J.H., Bower-Brown, S. and Foley, S. (2023). Predictors of self-harm and suicide in LGBT youth: The role of gender, socio-economic status, bullying and school experience. Journal of Public Health, 45(1), pp. 102–108. doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdab383.
- Shaw, K., Bower‐Brown, S., McConnachie, A., Jadva, V., Ahuja, K., Macklon, N. … Golombok, S. (2023). “Her bun in my oven”: Motivations and experiences of two‐mother families who have used reciprocal IVF. Family Relations, 72(1), pp. 195–214. doi:10.1111/fare.12805.
- Jadva, V. and Imrie, S. (2023). Embryo donation: motivations, experiences, parenting, and child adjustment. Fertility and Sterility, 119(1), pp. 11–14. doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2022.09.012.
- Lysons, J., Imrie, S., Jadva, V. and Golombok, S. (2022). ‘I’m the only mum she knows’: parents’ understanding of, and feelings about, identity-release egg donation. Human Reproduction, 37(10), pp. 2426–2437. doi:10.1093/humrep/deac174.
- Jadva, V., Lysons, J., Imrie, S. and Golombok, S. (2022). An exploration of parental age in relation to parents’ psychological health, child adjustment and experiences of being an older parent in families formed through egg donation. Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 45(2), pp. 401–409. doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2022.03.029.
- Jones, C., Zadeh, S., Jadva, V. and Golombok, S. (2022). Solo Fathers and Mothers: An Exploration of Well-Being, Social Support and Social Approval. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(15). doi:10.3390/ijerph19159236.
- Zadeh, S., Jadva, V. and Golombok, S. (2022). Documenting Families: Paper-Work in Family Display among Planned Single Father Families. Sociology, 56(5), pp. 859–875. doi:10.1177/00380385211073238.
- Imrie, S., Lysons, J., Jadva, V., Shaw, K., Grimmel, J. and Golombok, S. (2022). Parent–child relationship quality and child psychological adjustment in families created using egg donation: children’s perspectives at age 5 years. Human Reproduction, 37(3), pp. 499–509. doi:10.1093/humrep/deab265.
- Jadva, V., Prosser, H. and Gamble, N. (2021). Cross-border and domestic surrogacy in the UK context: an exploration of practical and legal decision-making. Human Fertility, 24(2), pp. 93–104. doi:10.1080/14647273.2018.1540801.
- Bower-Brown, S., Zadeh, S. and Jadva, V. (2021). Binary-trans, non-binary and gender-questioning adolescents’ experiences in UK schools. Journal of LGBT Youth, 20(1), pp. 74–92. doi:10.1080/19361653.2021.1873215.
- McConnachie, A.L., Ayed, N., Foley, S., Lamb, M.E., Jadva, V., Tasker, F. … Golombok, S. (2020). Adoptive Gay Father Families: A Longitudinal Study of Children’s Adjustment at Early Adolescence. Child Development, 92(1), pp. 425–443. doi:10.1111/cdev.13442.
- Jadva, V. (2020). Psychological well-being and relationships in families created by gamete donation and surrogacy. Medecine de la Reproduction, 22(3), pp. 233–240. doi:10.1684/mte.2020.0810.
- Jadva, V. (2020). Postdelivery adjustment of gestational carriers, intended parents, and their children. Fertility and Sterility, 113(5), pp. 903–907. doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2020.03.010.
- McConnachie, A.L., Ayed, N., Jadva, V., Lamb, M., Tasker, F. and Golombok, S. (2020). Father-child attachment in adoptive gay father families. Attachment & Human Development, 22(1), pp. 110–123. doi:10.1080/14616734.2019.1589067.
- Imrie, S., Jadva, V. and Golombok, S. (2019). Psychological well-being of identity-release egg donation parents with infants. Human Reproduction. doi:10.1093/humrep/dez201.
- Graham, S., Freeman, T. and Jadva, V. (2019). A comparison of the characteristics, motivations, preferences and expectations of men donating sperm online or through a sperm bank. Human Reproduction, 34(11), pp. 2208–2218. doi:10.1093/humrep/dez173.
- Imrie, S., Jadva, V., Fishel, S. and Golombok, S. (2019). Families Created by Egg Donation: Parent–Child Relationship Quality in Infancy. Child Development, 90(4), pp. 1333–1349. doi:10.1111/cdev.13124.
- Jadva, V., Vilsbol, T., Ayed, N., Imrie, S., Jones, C.M., Lamba, N. … Zadeh, S. (2019). The ART of performance: engaging young people with assisted reproductive technologies. International Journal of Science Education, Part B, 9(2), pp. 128–139. doi:10.1080/21548455.2019.1576239.
- Jadva, V., Gamble, N., Prosser, H. and Imrie, S. (2019). Parents' relationship with their surrogate in cross-border and domestic surrogacy arrangements: comparisons by sexual orientation and location. Fertility and Sterility, 111(3), pp. 562–570. doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2018.11.029.
- Zadeh, S., Ilioi, E.C., Jadva, V. and Golombok, S. (2018). The perspectives of adolescents conceived using surrogacy, egg or sperm donation. Human Reproduction, 33(6), pp. 1099–1106. doi:10.1093/humrep/dey088.
- Jadva, V., Freeman, T., Tranfield, E. and Golombok, S. (2018). Why search for a sperm donor online? The experiences of women searching for and contacting sperm donors on the internet. Human Fertility, 21(2), pp. 112–119. doi:10.1080/14647273.2017.1315460.
- Lamba, N., Jadva, V., Kadam, K. and Golombok, S. (2018). The psychological well-being and prenatal bonding of gestational surrogates. Human Reproduction, 33(4), pp. 646–653. doi:10.1093/humrep/dey048.
- Golombok, S., Ilioi, E., Blake, L., Roman, G. and 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), pp. 1966–1977. doi:10.1037/dev0000372.
- Ilioi, E., Blake, L., Jadva, V., Roman, G. and Golombok, S. (2017). The role of age of disclosure of biological origins in the psychological wellbeing of adolescents conceived by reproductive donation: a longitudinal study from age 1 to age 14. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 58(3), pp. 315–324. doi:10.1111/jcpp.12667.
- Persaud, S., Freeman, T., Jadva, V., Slutsky, J., Kramer, W., Steele, M. … Golombok, S. (2017). Adolescents Conceived through Donor Insemination in Mother‐Headed Families: A Qualitative Study of Motivations and Experiences of Contacting and Meeting Same‐donor Offspring. Children & Society, 31(1), pp. 13–22. doi:10.1111/chso.12158.
- Graham, S., Jadva, V., Freeman, T., Ahuja, K. and Golombok, S. (2016). Being an identity-release donor: a qualitative study exploring the motivations, experiences and future expectations of current UK egg donors. Human Fertility, 19(4), pp. 230–241. doi:10.1080/14647273.2016.1221148.
- Freeman, T., Jadva, V., Tranfield, E. and Golombok, S. (2016). Online sperm donation: a survey of the demographic characteristics, motivations, preferences and experiences of sperm donors on a connection website. Human Reproduction, 31(9), pp. 2082–2089. doi:10.1093/humrep/dew166.
- Slutsky, J., Jadva, V., Freeman, T., Persaud, S., Steele, M., Steele, H. … Golombok, S. (2016). Integrating donor conception into identity development: adolescents in fatherless families. Fertility and Sterility, 106(1), pp. 202–208. doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.02.033.
- Jadva, V., Lamba, N., Kadam, K. and Golombok, S. (2015). Indian egg donors’ characteristics, motivations and feelings towards the recipient and resultant child. Reproductive Biomedicine & Society Online, 1(2), pp. 98–103. doi:10.1016/j.rbms.2016.04.003.
- Jadva, V., Freeman, T., Tranfield, E. and Golombok, S. (2015). ‘Friendly allies in raising a child’: a survey of men and women seeking elective co-parenting arrangements via an online connection website. Human Reproduction, 30(8), pp. 1896–1906. doi:10.1093/humrep/dev120.
- Jadva, V., Imrie, S. and Golombok, S. (2015). Surrogate mothers 10 years on: a longitudinal study of psychological well-being and relationships with the parents and child. Human Reproduction, 30(2), pp. 373–379. doi:10.1093/humrep/deu339.
- Blake, L., Casey, P., Jadva, V. and Golombok, S. (2014). ‘I Was Quite Amazed’: Donor Conception and Parent–Child Relationships from the Child's Perspective. Children & Society, 28(6), pp. 425–437. doi:10.1111/chso.12014.
- Blake, L., Jadva, V. and Golombok, S. (2014). Parent psychological adjustment, donor conception and disclosure: a follow-up over 10 years. Human Reproduction, 29(11), pp. 2487–2496. doi:10.1093/humrep/deu231.
- Imrie, S. and Jadva, V. (2014). The long-term experiences of surrogates: relationships and contact with surrogacy families in genetic and gestational surrogacy arrangements. Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 29(4), pp. 424–435. doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2014.06.004.
- Jadva, V. and Imrie, S. (2014). Children of surrogate mothers: psychological well-being, family relationships and experiences of surrogacy. Human Reproduction, 29(1), pp. 90–96. doi:10.1093/humrep/det410.
- Casey, P., Jadva, V., Blake, L. and Golombok, S. (2013). Families Created by Donor Insemination: Father–Child Relationships at Age 7. Journal of Marriage and Family, 75(4), pp. 858–870. doi:10.1111/jomf.12043.
- Golombok, S., Blake, L., Casey, P., Roman, G. and Jadva, V. (2013). Children born through reproductive donation: a longitudinal study of psychological adjustment. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 54(6), pp. 653–660. doi:10.1111/jcpp.12015.
- Blake, L., Casey, P., Jadva, V. and Golombok, S. (2012). Marital stability and quality in families created by assisted reproduction techniques: a follow-up study. Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 25(7), pp. 678–683. doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2012.09.006.
- Jadva, V., Blake, L., Casey, P. and Golombok, S. (2012). Surrogacy families 10 years on: relationship with the surrogate, decisions over disclosure and children's understanding of their surrogacy origins. Human Reproduction, 27(10), pp. 3008–3014. doi:10.1093/humrep/des273.
- Jadva, V., Casey, P., Readings, J., Blake, L. and Golombok, S. (2011). A longitudinal study of recipients' views and experiences of intra-family egg donation. Human Reproduction, 26(10), pp. 2777–2782. doi:10.1093/humrep/der252.
- Readings, J., Blake, L., Casey, P., Jadva, V. and Golombok, S. (2011). Erratum to “Secrecy, disclosure and everything in-between: decisions of parents of children conceived by donor insemination, egg donation and surrogacy” [Reprod. BioMed. Online 22 (2011) 485–495]. Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 22(6), pp. 653–654. doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2011.04.001.
- Readings, J., Blake, L., Casey, P., Jadva, V. and Golombok, S. (2011). Secrecy, disclosure and everything in-between: decisions of parents of children conceived by donor insemination, egg donation and surrogacy. Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 22(5), pp. 485–495. doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2011.01.014.
- Jadva, V., Freeman, T., Kramer, W. and Golombok, S. (2011). Sperm and oocyte donors' experiences of anonymous donation and subsequent contact with their donor offspring. Human Reproduction, 26(3), pp. 638–645. doi:10.1093/humrep/deq364.
- Golombok, S., Readings, J., Blake, L., Casey, P., Marks, A. and Jadva, V. (2011). Families created through surrogacy: Mother–child relationships and children's psychological adjustment at age 7. Developmental Psychology, 47(6), pp. 1579–1588. doi:10.1037/a0025292.
- Golombok, S., Readings, J., Blake, L., Casey, P., Mellish, L., Marks, A. … Jadva, V. (2011). Children conceived by gamete donation: Psychological adjustment and mother-child relationships at age 7. Journal of Family Psychology, 25(2), pp. 230–239. doi:10.1037/a0022769.
- Jadva, V., Hines, M. and Golombok, S. (2010). Infants’ Preferences for Toys, Colors, and Shapes: Sex Differences and Similarities. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 39(6), pp. 1261–1273. doi:10.1007/s10508-010-9618-z.
- Blake, L., Casey, P., Readings, J., Jadva, V. and Golombok, S. (2010). 'Daddy ran out of tadpoles': how parents tell their children that they are donor conceived, and what their 7-year-olds understand. Human Reproduction, 25(10), pp. 2527–2534. doi:10.1093/humrep/deq208.
- Jadva, V., Freeman, T., Kramer, W. and Golombok, S. (2010). Experiences of offspring searching for and contacting their donor siblings and donor. Reproductive BioMedicine Online, 20(4), pp. 523–532. doi:10.1016/j.rbmo.2010.01.001.
- Jadva, V., Badger, S., Morrissette, M. and Golombok, S. (2009). ‘Mom by choice, single by life's circumstance…’ Findings from a large scale survey of the experiences of single mothers by choice. Human Fertility, 12(4), pp. 175–184. doi:10.3109/14647270903373867.
- Jadva, V., Freeman, T., Kramer, W. and Golombok, S. (2009). The experiences of adolescents and adults conceived by sperm donation: comparisons by age of disclosure and family type. Human Reproduction, 24(8), pp. 1909–1919. doi:10.1093/humrep/dep110.
- Golombok, S., Owen, L., Blake, L., Murray, C. and Jadva, V. (2009). Parent–child relationships and the psychological well-being of 18-year-old adolescents conceived byin vitrofertilisation. Human Fertility, 12(2), pp. 63–72. doi:10.1080/14647270902725513.
- Freeman, T., Jadva, V., Kramer, W. and Golombok, S. (2008). Gamete donation: parents' experiences of searching for their child's donor siblings and donor. Human Reproduction, 24(3), pp. 505–516. doi:10.1093/humrep/den469.
- Golombok, S. (2006). Non-genetic and non-gestational parenthood: consequences for parent-child relationships and the psychological well-being of mothers, fathers and children at age 3. Human Reproduction, 21(7), pp. 1918–1924. doi:10.1093/humrep/del039.
- Golombok, S., MacCallum, F., Murray, C., Lycett, E. and Jadva, V. (2006). Surrogacy families: parental functioning, parent–child relationships and children's psychological development at age 2. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 47(2), pp. 213–222. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2005.01453.x.
- Golombok, S., Jadva, V., Lycett, E., Murray, C. and MacCallum, F. (2005). Families created by gamete donation: follow-up at age 2. Human Reproduction, 20(1), pp. 286–293. doi:10.1093/humrep/deh585.
- Golombok, S., Lycett, E., MacCallum, F., Jadva, V., Murray, C., Rust, J. … Margara, R. (2004). Parenting Infants Conceived by Gamete Donation. Journal of Family Psychology, 18(3), pp. 443–452. doi:10.1037/0893-3200.18.3.443.
- Golombok, S., Murray, C., Jadva, V., MacCallum, F. and Lycett, E. (2004). Families Created Through Surrogacy Arrangements: Parent-Child Relationships in the 1st Year of Life. Developmental Psychology, 40(3), pp. 400–411. doi:10.1037/0012-1649.40.3.400.
- Jadva, V. (2003). Surrogacy: the experiences of surrogate mothers. Human Reproduction, 18(10), pp. 2196–2204. doi:10.1093/humrep/deg397.
- MacCallum, F. (2003). Surrogacy: The experience of commissioning couples. Human Reproduction, 18(6), pp. 1334–1342. doi:10.1093/humrep/deg253.
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Dr Jadva joined City, University of London, in 2023 as Reader in Psychology. She holds honorary positions at the Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge and the Institute for Women's Health, UCL. Her research examines the psychological well-being of parents and children in families created by IVF, egg donation, sperm donation and surrogacy. She has also studied the experiences of surrogates and gamete donors. Dr Jadva is working on several research projects including a study of the experiences of parents who have used preimplantation genetic diagnosis, a longitudinal study of families created using surrogacy, egg donation and sperm donation and a follow-up of surrogates twenty years on.
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Chapters (4)
- Jadva, V. (2021). Sibling Relationships Across Families Created Through Assisted Reproduction. Brothers and Sisters (pp. 171–184). Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-030-55984-7.
- Lamba, N. and Jadva, V. (2018). Indian Surrogates: Their Psychological Well-Being and Experiences. Cross-Cultural Comparisons on Surrogacy and Egg Donation (pp. 181–201). Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-319-78669-8.
- In Freeman, T., Graham, S., Ebtehaj, F. and Richards, M. (Eds.), (2014). Relatedness in Assisted Reproduction. In Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-316-61802-8.
- Freeman, T., Bourne, K., Jadva, V. and Smith, V. (2014). Making connections: Contact between sperm donor relations. Relatedness in Assisted Reproduction: Families, Origins and Identities (pp. 270–295). ISBN 978-1-107-03828-8.
Conference papers and proceedings (6)
- Lysons, J., Imrie, S., Jadva, V. and Golombok, S. (2022). Families created through identity-release egg donation: parents' understanding of, and feelings about, donor identification in early childhood.
- Jadva, V., Imrie, S. and Golombok, S. (2013). Children of surrogate mothers: psychological well-being, family relationships and experiences of surrogacy.
- Freeman, T., Appleby, J.B. and Jadva, V. (2012). Identifiable donors and siblings. doi:10.1017/cbo9781139026390.014
- Braverman, A., Casey, P. and Jadva, V. (2012). Reproduction through surrogacy. doi:10.1017/cbo9781139026390.016
- Jadva, V., Lycett, E., Murray, C., MacCallum, F. and Golombok, S. (2003). Surrogacy: the experiences of surrogate mothers.
- Imrie, S., Jadva, V. and Golombok, S. “Making the child mine”: Mothers’ thoughts and feelings about the mother–infant relationship in egg donation families.doi:10.1037/fam0000619