How do biological and social kinship play out within families in the U.S.? An evolutionary perspective on perceived parental care and closeness in adolescents

Zeitschrift fur Familienforschung

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-195

  Schnettler, Sebastian ^a   Steinbach, Anja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Evolutionary psychology; Fixed effects regression; Parent child relations; Parental investment; Siblings; Sociobiology; Stepfamilies

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052122590     PISSN: 14372940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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