Alyona Cerfontyne

Biographic Data

ID5423790
NAMEAlyona Cerfontyne
GIVEN NAMESAlyona
FAMILY NAMECerfontyne
SIGNATURECERFONTYNE A
AFFILIATIONSMonash University
ORCID0000-0002-2692-8371
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS3
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR3
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Supporting Adults with Misattributed Paternity

    Open AccessAlyona Cerfontyne, Levita D’Souza et al.ARTICLEThe Counseling Psychologist2026References: 34

    Commercial DNA testing has led to an increase in individuals discovering misattributed paternity (the discrepancy between the genetic and social fatherhoods outside of adoption and donor-assisted reproduction), posing significant emotional, identity-related, and relational challenges. Despite this growing prevalence, no studies currently exist on how counselling professionals can support individuals navigating this experience. Our study examines …

  • An invisible injury’

    Open AccessAlyona Cerfontyne, Levita D’Souza et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Studies2025References: 9

  • Psychosocial Consequences of Disclosing Misattributed Paternity

    Open AccessAlyona Cerfontyne, Levita D’Souza et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Issues2024

    Unlike adoption and donor-assisted reproduction, misattributed paternity occurring within the context of spontaneous conception and outside of formally recognised practices of having a child remains largely an understudied phenomenon. Despite being an age-old phenomenon affecting a substantial population, the psychosocial consequences of disclosing and discovering misattributed paternity continue to lack empirical understanding. The current paper…