Parent-Offspring Conflict Theory: An Evolutionary Framework for Understanding Conflict Within Human Families

Psychological Review

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 496-521

  Schlomer, Gabriel L ^a   Del Giudice, Marco ^b   Ellis, Bruce J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genomic imprinting; Life history theory; Parent offspring conflict; Prenatal conflict; Sibling relations

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY CONFLICT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MARRIAGE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SIBLING RELATION;

ADOPTION; FAMILY CONFLICT; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NEGOTIATING; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SIBLING RELATIONS;

EID: 79960441954     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024043     Document Type: Article

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