TY - JOUR
T1 - An Evolutionary Analysis of Variation in Parental Effort
T2 - Determinants and Assessment
AU - De Baca, Tomás Cabeza
AU - Figueredo, Aurelio José
AU - Ellis, Bruce J.
N1 - Funding Information:
Work on this paper was supported by the John and Doris Norton Endowment for Fathers, Parenting, and Families.
PY - 2012/4
Y1 - 2012/4
N2 - Utilizing an evolutionary framework can elucidate the causes of variation in parental effort and guide measurement of relevant parenting constructs. The current article presents an evolutionary analysis of the determinants of parental effort and suggests that evolutionarily informed measures are needed to test evolutionary hypotheses. Towards this end, we employ evolutionary theory to guide development of new Parental Effort Scales, which supplement and extend extant methods for assessing coparenting.
AB - Utilizing an evolutionary framework can elucidate the causes of variation in parental effort and guide measurement of relevant parenting constructs. The current article presents an evolutionary analysis of the determinants of parental effort and suggests that evolutionarily informed measures are needed to test evolutionary hypotheses. Towards this end, we employ evolutionary theory to guide development of new Parental Effort Scales, which supplement and extend extant methods for assessing coparenting.
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U2 - 10.1080/15295192.2012.680396
DO - 10.1080/15295192.2012.680396
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84863621805
SN - 1529-5192
VL - 12
SP - 94
EP - 104
JO - Parenting
JF - Parenting
IS - 2-3
ER -