Evolutionary pathway of child development: Lifestyles of adolescents and adults from father-absent families

Human Nature

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 257-290

  Bereczkei, Tamas ^a   Csanaky, Andras ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescent behavior; Child development; Evolutionary pathways; Father absent household; Innate learning rules; Reproductive strategies; Single parent household

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030529333     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02733397     Document Type: Article

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