ReviewCurrent opinion in psychology2017
Early stress, parental motivation, and reproductive decision-making: applications of life history theory to parental behavior.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.
- Gene-environment correlations and causal effects of childhood maltreatment on physical and mental health: a genetically informed approach.The lancet. Psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- Meta-Analysis of Direct and Indirect Effects of Father Absence on Menarcheal Timing.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Pooled it
- Childhood unpredictability and problematic internet pornography use among Chinese university students: a moderated serial mediation model.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Sex Biases in Patterns of Parental Investment.Human nature (Hawthorne, N.Y.) · 2026Article
- Recalled Adverse Childhood Experiences Predict Behavioral Traits Associated With an Accelerated Life History in Cebu, Philippines.American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council · 2026Article
- Adaptive calibration in a world of human universals.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Family support during childhood as a predictor of mate retention and kin care in adults during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil: an exploratory study.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Earlier sexual debut predicts higher (not lower) levels of father care measured across 12 weeks: an experience sampling study.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Firm parenting and youth adjustment: Stress reactivity and dyadic synchrony of respiratory sinus arrhythmia.Developmental psychobiology · 2021Article
- The relevance of a rodent cohort in the Consortium on Individual Development.Developmental cognitive neuroscience · 2020Article
- Synthesizing Views to Understand Sex Differences in Response to Early Life Adversity.Trends in neurosciences · 2020Review
- Effortful Control Development in the Face of Harshness and Unpredictability.Human nature (Hawthorne, N.Y.) · 2020Article
- Early Environmental Unpredictability: Implications for Youth's Perceptions and Social Functioning.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2019Article
- Parenting and SES: relative values or enduring principles?Current opinion in psychology · 2017Article
- Autistic-Like Traits in Members of the General Population and Mate Retention Tactics: The Mediation of Attachment Styles and Reproductive Strategies.Evolutionary psychology : an international journal of evolutionary approaches to psychology and behaviorArticle
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Abstract
This review focuses on the impact of parental behavior on child development, as interpreted from an evolutionary-developmental perspective. We employ psychosocial acceleration theory to reinterpret the effects of variation in parental investment and involvement on child development, arguing that these effects have been structured by natural selection to match the developing child to current and expected future environments. Over time, an individual's development, physiology, and behavior are organized in a coordinated manner (as instantiated in 'life history strategies') that facilitates survival and reproductive success under different conditions. We review evidence to suggest that parental behavior (1) is strategic and contingent on environmental opportunities and constraints and (2) influences child life history strategies across behavioral, cognitive, and physiological domains.
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