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- Title
Elements of Parental Choice: The Evolution of Parental Preferences in Relation to In-Law Selection.
- Authors
Apoatolou, Menelaos
- Abstract
With the exception of modern post-industrial societies, parents have primarily been in control of the mating decisions of their offspring. The selection of in-laws has important fitness consequences for parents. It is hypothesized, therefore, that parents have evolved specific preferences that enable them to select in-laws that will maximize their inclusive fitness. To test this hypothesis, data from 297 parents were collected. It is found that parents place differential emphasis on different in-law traits and that their preferences vary according to the sex of the in-law. In addition, parents are in agreement when they are selecting an in-law and their preferences are not contingent upon their sex.
- Subjects
PARENTS-in-law; PARENTING; PARENTS; SOCIETIES; PARENT-child relationships
- Publication
Evolutionary Psychology, 2007, Vol 5, Issue 1, p70
- ISSN
1474-7049
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/147470490700500107