Parent-Offspring Conflict over Short-Term Mating Strategies
Individuals engage in short-term mating strategies that enable them to obtain fitness benefits from casual relationships. These benefits, however, count for less and cost more to their parents. On this basis three hypotheses are tested. First, parents and offspring are likely to disagree over short-...
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2011-12-01
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| description | Individuals engage in short-term mating strategies that enable them to obtain fitness benefits from casual relationships. These benefits, however, count for less and cost more to their parents. On this basis three hypotheses are tested. First, parents and offspring are likely to disagree over short-term mating strategies, with the former considering these as less acceptable than the latter. Second, parents are more likely to disapprove of the short-term mating strategies of their daughters than of their sons. Finally, mothers and fathers are expected to agree on how much they disagree over the short-term mating strategies of their children. Evidence from a sample of 148 Greek-Cypriot families (140 mothers, 105 fathers, 119 daughters, 77 sons) provides support for the first two hypotheses and partial support for the third hypothesis. The implications of these findings for understanding family dynamics are further discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-19a75d46aef74b18b3923a0d6c7edb1a2023-01-02T22:14:27ZengPsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for PsychologyInterpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships1981-64722011-12-0152134148Parent-Offspring Conflict over Short-Term Mating StrategiesSpyroulla GeorgiouMenelaos ApostolouIndividuals engage in short-term mating strategies that enable them to obtain fitness benefits from casual relationships. These benefits, however, count for less and cost more to their parents. On this basis three hypotheses are tested. First, parents and offspring are likely to disagree over short-term mating strategies, with the former considering these as less acceptable than the latter. Second, parents are more likely to disapprove of the short-term mating strategies of their daughters than of their sons. Finally, mothers and fathers are expected to agree on how much they disagree over the short-term mating strategies of their children. Evidence from a sample of 148 Greek-Cypriot families (140 mothers, 105 fathers, 119 daughters, 77 sons) provides support for the first two hypotheses and partial support for the third hypothesis. The implications of these findings for understanding family dynamics are further discussed.http://interpersonaabpri.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/02_apostolou-georgiou.pdfparent-offspring conflict over matingshort-term mating strategiesparental choicefamily dynamicsparental choice |
| spellingShingle | Spyroulla Georgiou Menelaos Apostolou Parent-Offspring Conflict over Short-Term Mating Strategies Interpersona: An International Journal on Personal Relationships parent-offspring conflict over mating short-term mating strategies parental choice family dynamics parental choice |
| title | Parent-Offspring Conflict over Short-Term Mating Strategies |
| title_full | Parent-Offspring Conflict over Short-Term Mating Strategies |
| title_fullStr | Parent-Offspring Conflict over Short-Term Mating Strategies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Parent-Offspring Conflict over Short-Term Mating Strategies |
| title_short | Parent-Offspring Conflict over Short-Term Mating Strategies |
| title_sort | parent offspring conflict over short term mating strategies |
| topic | parent-offspring conflict over mating short-term mating strategies parental choice family dynamics parental choice |
| url | http://interpersonaabpri.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/02_apostolou-georgiou.pdf |
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