The Oxford handbook of evolutionary psychology and parenting / edited by Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford, Todd K. Shackelford.

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English
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New York : Oxford University Press, 2021.
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A comprehensive resource for state-of-the-art research on how our evolutionary past informs current parenting roles and practices. Featuring chapters from leaders in the field, the Handbook is designed for advanced undergraduates, graduates, and professionals in psychology, anthropology, biology, sociology, and demography, as well as many other social and life science disciplines.
Notes
Also issued in print: 2021.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Target audience
Specialized.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on September 7, 2021).
Contents
  • Evolutionary perspectives on parenting / Tomás Cabeza de Baca, Bruce J. Ellis
  • Maternal aggression / Vibeke K. Ottesen
  • Parenting and Culture / Kathryn Coe, Kyle J. Clark
  • Maternal relationships with adolescents / Jamie M. Gajos, Kevin M. Beaver
  • Maternal investment in adolescent daughters and sons: A bioecological perspective / Mary B. Eberly Lewis, Trinity Hoenig
  • The Relationship Between Parenting and Identity Styles Among Adolescents in South Africa: A Focus on the Mother-Adolescent Relationship / Nicolette Vanessa Roman, Marsha van Heerden, Eugene Lee Davids, Kerstin Adonis
  • Father Involvement in Different Family Systems Across Cultural Communities: Links to Childhood Development / Jaipaul L. Roopnarine, Dickson Mukara Matsantsa Ong'ayi, Elif Dde Yildirim
  • Paternal relationships with sons and daughters / Lambrianos Nikiforidis
  • Allomothering, evolution, and the environment / Sarah Radtke
  • Grandparental investment / Paula Sheppard
  • Adoptive parenting is more complex than evolutionary theory would predict: Evidence from historical and contemporary perspectives / Jessica A. K. Matthews, Ellen E. Pinderhughes, Martha L. Pott
  • Aunts and uncles / Antti O. Tanskanen, Mirkka Danielsbacka
  • The Cradle of Humankind: Evolutionary Approaches to Technology and Parenting / Geoff Kushnick
  • Politics and parenting / Nicholas Kerry, Damian R. Murray
  • Parental influence and sexual selection / Menelaos Apostolou
  • Developmental perspectives on parenting / Rochelle F. Hentges, Meredith J. Martin
  • Inferences of parental abilities through facial and bodily features / Mitch Brown, Donald F. Sacco, Kaitlyn Holifield, Kelsey Drea, Alicia Macchione
  • Cultural perspectives on parenting / Judi Mesman, Rosanneke A.G. Emmen
  • Social and Personality Perspectives on Parenting in Evolutionary Context / Jose C. Yong, Norman P. Li
  • Evolutionary perspectives on maternal parenting / Catherine A. Salmon, Jessica Hehman
  • The effects of maternal prenatal stress on fetal and child development: An evolutionary perspective / Vivette Glover.
Other title(s)
  • Handbook of evolutionary psychology and parenting
  • Evolutionary psychology and parenting
ISBN
  • 0-19-067471-7
  • 0-19-067470-9
OCLC
1235902506
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