Contributions of Matrilineal and Patrilineal Kin Alloparental Effort to the Development of Life History Strategies and Patriarchal Values: A Cross-Cultural Life History Approach

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 534-554

  Cabeza De Baca, Tomás ^a   Sotomayor Peterson, Marcela ^b   Smith Castro, Vanessa ^c   Figueredo, Aurelio José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; evolutionary psychology; familism; family emotional climate; life history theory; Mexico; parenting; patriarchal values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898681234     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022113513068     Document Type: Article

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