Prosocial behavior in families: Moderators of resource sharing

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 644-652

  Webster, Gregory D ^a,b  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Evolutionary psychology; Genetic relatedness; Inclusive fitness; Kin investment; Multilevel modeling; Paternal uncertainty; Prosocial behavior; Resource allocation; Trivers Willard hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242485481     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1031(03)00055-6     Document Type: Article

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