Biosocial Foundations of Family Processes

1. Front Matter

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2. Parenting and Early Childhood Behavior and Development

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. How Mothers Are Born: A Psychobiological Analysis of Mothering

      • Viara Mileva-Seitz, Alison S. Fleming

      Pages 3-34

   3. How Fathers Evolve: A Functional Analysis of Fathering Behavior

      • Anne Storey, Carolyn Walsh

      Pages 35-47

   4. Caregiving as Coregulation: Psychobiological Processes and Child Functioning

      • Susan D. Calkins

      Pages 49-59

   5. The Determinants of Parenting in GxE Perspective: A Case of Differential Susceptibility?

      • Jay Belsky

      Pages 61-68

3. Development and Adjustment in Adolescence

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69

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   2. Gene–Environment Interplay Helps to Explain Influences of Family Relationships on Adolescent Adjustment and Development

      • Jenae M. Neiderhiser

      Pages 71-84

   3. The Importance of the Phenotype in Explorations of Gene–Environment Interplay

      • S. Alexandra Burt

      Pages 85-94

   4. The Importance of Puberty in Adolescent Development

      • Sheri A. Berenbaum

      Pages 95-104

   5. Genes, Hormones, and Family Behavior: What Makes Adolescence Unique?

      • Sally I. Powers

      Pages 105-113

4. Mate Selection, Family Formation, and Fertility

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115

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   2. Human Adaptations for Mating: Frameworks for Understanding Patterns of Family Formation and Fertility

      • Steven W. Gangestad

      Pages 117-148

   3. The Need for Family Research Using Multiple Approaches and Methods

      • Brian M. D’Onofrio, Niklas Langstrom, Paul Lichtenstein

      Pages 149-159

   4. Psychological Adaptation and Human Fertility Patterns: Some Evidence of Human Mating Strategies as Evoked Sexual Culture

      • David P. Schmitt

      Pages 161-170

   5. Comments on Consilience Efforts

      • S. Philip Morgan

      Pages 171-177

5. Family Adaptations to Resource Disparities

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-179

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   2. Family Influences on Children’s Well-Being: Potential Roles of Molecular Genetics and Epigenetics

      • Guang Guo

      Pages 181-204

   3. Social Inequalities, Family Relationships, and Child Health

      • Mark V. Flinn

      Pages 205-220

   4. Family Resources, Genes, and Human Development

      • Pilyoung Kim, Gary W. Evans

      Pages 221-230

Biosocial Research Contributions to Family Processes and Problems, based on the 17th annual National Symposium on Family Issues, examines biosocial models and processes in the context of the family. Research on both biological and social/environmental influences on behavior, health, and development is represented, including behavioral endocrinology, behavior genetics, neuroscience, evolutionary psychology, sociology, demography, anthropology, economics, and psychology. The authors consider physiological and social environmental influences on parenting and early childhood development, followed by adolescent adjustment, and family formation. Also, factors that influence how families adapt to social inequalities are examined.

• Behavioral genetics
• Child development
• Evolutionary psychology
• Family conflict
• Family process

• Dept. Sociology & Crime, Law, &, Justice, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA

  Alan Booth

• Dept. Human Development & Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA

  Susan M. McHale

• , Department of Sociology, Human Demograph, Pennsylvania State University, 16802, USA

  Nancy S. Landale

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