Family structure and age at menarche: A children-of-twins approach.

Mendle, Jane; Turkheimer, Eric; D’Onofrio, Brian M.; Lynch, Stacy K.; Emery, Robert E.; Slutske, Wendy S.; Martin, Nicholas G.

doi:10.1037/0012-1649.42.3.533

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“…Of course, we did not assess the BMI-index during the maturation period, but BMI is known to be quite stable, especially over a low number of years. Based on previous studies (e.g., Ellis & Garber, 2000;Mendle, 2006;Mendle et al, 2009) we assumed that being exposed to a stepfather may also have important consequences for the reproductive strategies of girls, but contrary to these studies we did not find an association between being exposed to a stepfather and an early age of menarche.…”

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“…Given evidence that exposure to a stepfather may also influence reproductive scheduling (e.g., Ellis & Garber, 2000;Mendle et al, 2006;Mendle et al, 2009), we examined possible differences between father abandoned girls exposed to a stepfather and father abandoned girls not exposed to a stepfather. We executed a series of ANOVA's with these two groups as the independent variable and the various life history traits as dependent variables.…”

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Does father abandonment have consequences for the reproductive strategies of girls? A study in Curaçao

Brummen-Girigori

Buunk

2015

Evolution, Mind and Behaviour

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Abstract. The present research examined the consequences of father abandonment for the reproductive strategies of girls from the Caribbean island of Curaçao. The sample consisted of 189 girls with an average age of 19.11 (SD = 2.97). Respondents were categorized in three groups, namely: 'early father absence' (abandoned between 0-5 years of age), 'late father absence' (abandoned between 6-13 years of age) and 'father presence' (father present during childhood). The results showed that compared to 'late father absence' girls and 'father presence' girls, 'early father absence' girls initiated sexual intercourse at a significant younger age. Moreover, they were less interested in getting married and in having grandchildren. These differences could not be explained by differences in educational level of the participants or occupational level of the father and the mother. There were no significant differences between the three groups in the age of menarche, the total number of sexual partners and the desire to have children. From an evolutionary life history perspective, we discuss possible explanations for, and implications of, these findings.

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Section: Role Of the Stepfathermentioning

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Does father abandonment have consequences for the reproductive strategies of girls? A study in Curaçao

Brummen-Girigori

Buunk

2015

Evolution, Mind and Behaviour

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“…In contrast to the first, purely descriptive analysis, our second analysis was designed to estimate more rigorously the relative roles of genetic and environmental selection factors in intergenerational associations between marital conflict frequency and conduct problems. Previous investigations using the Children-of-Twins design have utilized either multivariate structural equation models (SEM) including only one child per twin parent (e.g., D 'Onofrio et al, 2003;Heath et al, 1985) or hierarchical linear models (HLM) including multiple children per twin parent (e.g., D 'Onofrio et al, 2005;Mendle et al, 2006). The advantage of the former is explicit quantification of latent genetic and environmental influences on the parental phenotype, but the exclusion of all but one child per nuclear family does not allow the examination of parity differences in child adjustment and sacrifices power (D'Onofrio et al, 2003).…”

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Marital Conflict and Conduct Problems in Children of Twins

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The Children-of-Twins design was used to test whether associations between marital conflict frequency and conduct problems can be replicated within the children of discordant twin pairs. A sample of 2,051 children (age 14 -39 years) of 1,045 twins was used to estimate the genetic and environmental influences on marital conflict and determine whether genetic or environmental selection processes underlie the observed association between marital conflict and conduct problems. Results indicate that genetic and nonshared environmental factors influence the risk of marital conflict. Furthermore, genetic influences mediated the association between marital conflict frequency and conduct problems. These results highlight the need for quasiexperimental designs in investigations of intergenerational associations.

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“…These hypotheses interpret the association between father absence and early maturity as the outcome of a conditional strategy of a common genotype. An alternative interpretation is that early maturation of daughters and absence of fathers are genetically correlated (59,60).…”

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Genomic imprinting and the evolutionary psychology of human kinship

Haig

2011

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Genomic imprinting is predicted to influence behaviors that affect individuals to whom an actor has different degrees of matrilineal and patrilineal kinship (asymmetric kin). Effects of imprinted genes are not predicted in interactions with nonrelatives or with individuals who are equally related to the actor's maternally and paternally derived genes (unless a gene also has pleiotropic effects on fitness of asymmetric kin). Long-term mating bonds are common in most human populations, but dissolution of marriage has always affected a significant proportion of mated pairs. Children born in a new union are asymmetric kin of children born in a previous union. Therefore, the innate dispositions of children toward parents and sibs are expected to be sensitive to cues of marital stability, and these dispositions may be subject to effects of imprinted genes.father absence | helper-at-the-nest | menarche | kith | divorce "The burden of making and the duty of exacting compensation ran on the mother's side as well as the father's. A father and son, or two halfbrothers, would for the purposes of the blood-feud have some of their kindred in common, but by no means all." (1)

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Family structure and age at menarche: A children-of-twins approach.

Cited by 121 publications

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Does father abandonment have consequences for the reproductive strategies of girls? A study in Curaçao

Does father abandonment have consequences for the reproductive strategies of girls? A study in Curaçao

Marital Conflict and Conduct Problems in Children of Twins

Genomic imprinting and the evolutionary psychology of human kinship

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