How do biological and social kinship play out within families in the U.S.? An evolutionary perspective on perceived parental care and closeness in adolescents

How do biological and social kinship play out within families in the U.S.? An evolutionary perspective on perceived parental care and closeness in adolescents

Consistent with inclusive fitness theory, evolutionary biologists predict that individuals care more for their biological than their social children and hence that biological children assess the relationships to their parents better than stepchildren. To test this assumption, we use data from the U...

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Main Authors: Sebastian Schnettler, Anja Steinbach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bamberg Press 2011-09-01
Series:Journal of Family Research
Subjects:
stepfamilies, siblings, fixed-effects regression, parent-child relations, parental investment, evolutionary psychology, sociobiology
Stiefelternschaft, Stieffamilien, Geschwister, fixed effects, Eltern-Kind-Beziehungen, elterliches Investment, Evolutionspsychologie, Soziobiologie
Online Access:https://ubp.uni-bamberg.de/jfr/index.php/jfr/article/view/206

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