ArticleDevelopmental psychology2022
The cognitive costs and advantages of children's exposure to parental relationship instability: Testing an evolutionary-developmental hypothesis.
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- The cognitive costs and advantages of children's exposure to parental relationship instability: Testing an evolutionary-developmental hypothesis.Developmental psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Guided by evolutionary-developmental models, this study tested the hypothesis that children's exposure to parental relationship instability, defined by initiation and dissolution of caregiver intimate relationships, has both costs in cognitive impairments and benefits in enhanced learning skills. Participants included 243 mothers and their preschool children (
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