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Volume 12, 2012 - Issue 2-3: The Arc of Parenting from Epigenomes to Ethics
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An Evolutionary Analysis of Variation in Parental Effort: Determinants and Assessment

Tomás Cabeza De Baca John and Doris Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences, University of Arizona, 650 N. Park Ave, Tucson, AZ, 85721-0078, USACorrespondence[email protected]
,
Aurelio José Figueredo University of Arizona
&
Bruce J. Ellis University of Arizona
Pages 94-104 | Published online: 14 Jun 2012
 
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SYNOPSIS

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.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Work on this paper was supported by the John and Doris Norton Endowment for Fathers, Parenting, and Families.

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