Differential Investment Behavior between Grandparents and Grandchildren: The Role of Paternity Uncertainty
Kin selection theory predicts that grandparents will differentially invest in their grandchildren as a function of paternity certainty. This study explored the hypothesis of “discriminative grandparental solicitude” ( Euler and Weitzel, 1996 ; Smith, 1988 ) in a sample of college students. Students...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2009-01-01
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Series: | Evolutionary Psychology |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/147470490900700109 |