The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology and Parenting [Hardcover]

The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology and Parentingprovides a comprehensive resource for state-of-the-art research on how our evolutionary past informs current parenting roles and practices.The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology and Parentingprovides a comprehensive resource for state-of-the-art research on how our evolutionary past informs current parenting roles and practices. Featuring chapters from leaders in the field, the Handbook is designed for advanced undergraduates, graduates, and professionals in psychology, anthropology, biology, sociology, and demography, as well as many other social and life science disciplines. It is the first resource of its kind that brings together empirical and theoretical contributions from scholarship at the intersection of evolutionary psychology and parenting.About the Volume EditorsContributorsPart I: Foundations of Parenting1. Evolutionary Perspectives on ParentingTom?s Cabeza de Baca and Bruce J. Ellis2. Developmental Perspectives on ParentingRochelle F. Hentges and Meredith J. Martin3. Parenting and CultureKathryn Coe and Kyle J. Clark4. Social and Personality Perspectives on Parenting in an Evolutionary ContextJose C. Yonga and Norman P. Li5. Cultural Perspectives on ParentingJudi Mesman and Rosanneke A. G. Emmen6. The Cradle of Humankind: Evolutionary Approaches to Technology and ParentingGeoff Kushnick7. Politics and ParentingNicholas Kerry and Damian R. Murray8. Parental Influence and Sexual SelectionMenelaos ApostolouPart II: Maternal and Paternal Psychology and Behavior9. Evolutionary Perspectives on Maternal ParentingCatherine Salmon and Jessica Hehman10. The Effects of Maternal Prenatal Stress on Fetal and Child Development: An Evolutionary PerspectiveVivette Glover11. The Relationship Between Parenting and Identity Styles Among Adolescents in South Africa: A Focus on the Mother-Adolescent RelationshipNicolette Vanessa Roman, Marsha van Heerden, Eugene Lee Davids, and Kerstin Ado