Frank van Balen
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Recent Articles
1.
Bos H, van Balen F
Patient Educ Couns
. 2010 Oct;
81(3):429-35.
PMID: 20950985
Objective: To review empirical studies on families created by new reproductive technologies (NRT) in which only one parent has a genetic link to the child. Methodology: Literature search was conducted...
2.
Hakvoort E, Bos H, van Balen F, Hermanns J
J Genet Psychol
. 2010 May;
171(2):182-201.
PMID: 20486403
The authors investigated whether the quality of three family relationships (i.e., marital, parent-child, sibling) in intact families are associated with each other and with children's psychosocial adjustment. Data were collected...
3.
Hoffenaar P, van Balen F, Hermanns J
Soc Indic Res
. 2010 May;
97(2):279-295.
PMID: 20461122
The primary objective of this study was to more fully understand the impact of having a baby on women's well-being by attending to both the level and the content of...
4.
van Rooij F, van Balen F, Hermanns J
Qual Health Res
. 2009 Mar;
19(5):621-32.
PMID: 19270194
The consequences of involuntary childlessness are influenced by culture in several ways. In this study we explored the experiences and responses of infertile Turkish immigrants in the Netherlands. Twenty in-depth...
5.
Bos H, Gartrell N, Peyser H, van Balen F
J Lesbian Stud
. 2008 Dec;
12(4):455-71.
PMID: 19042752
The study assessed the influence of protective factors on the psychological adjustment of children who had experienced homophobia and whose mothers were participants in a longitudinal study of planned lesbian...
6.
Bos H, Gartrell N, van Balen F, Peyser H, Sandfort T
Am J Orthopsychiatry
. 2008 Oct;
78(2):211-9.
PMID: 18954184
A total of 78 planned lesbian families in the United States were compared with 74 planned lesbian families in the Netherlands. Children were interviewed about disclosure to peers about living...
7.
Bos H, van Balen F
Cult Health Sex
. 2008 Apr;
10(3):221-36.
PMID: 18432422
The study assessed the extent to which children between eight and 12 years old in planned lesbian families in the Netherlands experience stigmatization, as well as the influence of protective...
8.
van Rooij F, van Balen F, Hermanns J
J Psychosom Obstet Gynaecol
. 2007 Jun;
28(2):87-95.
PMID: 17538816
The present study investigates cultural differences in the effects of infertility on emotional distress. The study compares emotional distress among infertile people in three samples: Turkish migrants (n = 58),...
9.
Bos H, van Balen F, van den Boom D
Am J Orthopsychiatry
. 2007 Mar;
77(1):38-48.
PMID: 17352583
One hundred planned lesbian-parent families (i.e., two-mother families in which the child was born to the lesbian relationship) were compared with 100 heterosexual-parent families on child adjustment, parental characteristics, and...
10.
van Balen F
Prenat Diagn
. 2006 Jul;
26(7):614-8.
PMID: 16856222
It appears that in most Western countries, son preference is somewhat stronger than daughter preference. However, when one considers the preference of women it looks as though the opposite pattern...