The Effect of Perceived Parent-Child Facial Resemblance on Parents’ Trait Anxiety: the Moderating Effect of Parents’ Gender

The Effect of Perceived Parent-Child Facial Resemblance on Parents’ Trait Anxiety: the Moderating Effect of Parents’ Gender

Father-child facial resemblance is an important cue for men to evaluate paternity. Previous studies found that fathers’ perceptions of low facial resemblance with offspring lead to low confidence of paternity. Fathers’ uncertainty of paternity could cause psychological stress and anxiety, which, aft...

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Main Authors: Yu eQuanlei, Zhang eQiuying, Chen eJianwen, Jin eShenghua, Qiao eYuanyuan, Cai eWeiting
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
trait anxiety
parent gender
Evolution psychology
Parent-child facial resemblance
uncertainty of paternity.
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00658/full

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