Kin Investment by Step-Grandparents—More Than Expected

Asymmetric grandparental caregiving is usually explained by the paternity certainty hypothesis. Accordingly, the lower investment by grandfathers (GFs) and paternal grandparents, as compared to grandmothers (GMs) and maternal grandparents, is based on differential kinship certainty to grandchildren....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Alexander Pashos, Sascha Schwarz, David F. Bjorklund
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-02-01
Series:Evolutionary Psychology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1474704916631213