Dead or Alive? Knowledge about a Sibling's Death Varies by Genetic Relatedness in a Modern Society
Using a large sample of non-institutionalized individuals from the Netherlands ( n = 7610), we examined the influence of relatedness on an individual's knowledge about whether their sibling is alive or not. Respondents were generally less likely to know whether their sibling was alive if they w...
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| description | Using a large sample of non-institutionalized individuals from the Netherlands ( n = 7610), we examined the influence of relatedness on an individual's knowledge about whether their sibling is alive or not. Respondents were generally less likely to know whether their sibling was alive if they were not fully related. The effects were stronger for differences between paternal half-siblings and full siblings than for differences between maternal half-siblings and full siblings. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3992e23e533e40dc84b15824e99034702022-12-21T17:00:54ZengSAGE PublishingEvolutionary Psychology1474-70492009-01-01710.1177/14747049090070010810.1177_147470490900700108Dead or Alive? Knowledge about a Sibling's Death Varies by Genetic Relatedness in a Modern SocietyThomas V. PolletDaniel NettleUsing a large sample of non-institutionalized individuals from the Netherlands ( n = 7610), we examined the influence of relatedness on an individual's knowledge about whether their sibling is alive or not. Respondents were generally less likely to know whether their sibling was alive if they were not fully related. The effects were stronger for differences between paternal half-siblings and full siblings than for differences between maternal half-siblings and full siblings.https://doi.org/10.1177/147470490900700108 |
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| title | Dead or Alive? Knowledge about a Sibling's Death Varies by Genetic Relatedness in a Modern Society |
| title_full | Dead or Alive? Knowledge about a Sibling's Death Varies by Genetic Relatedness in a Modern Society |
| title_fullStr | Dead or Alive? Knowledge about a Sibling's Death Varies by Genetic Relatedness in a Modern Society |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dead or Alive? Knowledge about a Sibling's Death Varies by Genetic Relatedness in a Modern Society |
| title_short | Dead or Alive? Knowledge about a Sibling's Death Varies by Genetic Relatedness in a Modern Society |
| title_sort | dead or alive knowledge about a sibling s death varies by genetic relatedness in a modern society |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/147470490900700108 |
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