Grandparental Childcare for Biological, Adopted, and Step-Offspring: Findings From Cross-National Surveys

Based on kin selection theory, amounts of grandparental investment should reflect the probability to share common genes with offspring. Adoption may represent a special case, however, yet grandparental investment in adopted children has previously been both theoretically misconstrued and little inve...

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Main Authors: Antti O. Tanskanen, Mirkka Danielsbacka, Anna Rotkirch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2020-03-01
Series:Evolutionary Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1474704920907894