Biosocial Foundations of Family Processes

by Booth, Alan; McHale, Susan M.; Landale, Nancy S.

• ISBN13: 9781441973603
• ISBN10: 1441973605
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-12-30
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Biosocial Research Contributions to Family Processes and Problems, based on the 17th annual National Symposium on Family Issues, examines biosocial models and processes in the context of the family. Research on both biological and social/environmental influences on behavior, health, and development is represented, including behavioral endocrinology, behavior genetics, neuroscience, evolutionary psychology, sociology, demography, anthropology, economics, and psychology. The authors consider physiological and social environmental influences on parenting and early childhood development, followed by adolescent adjustment, and family formation. Also, factors that influence how families adapt to social inequalities are examined.

Table of Contents

Parenting and Early Childhood Behavior and Development
How Mothers Are Born: A Psychobiological Analysis of Mothering	p. 3
How Fathers Evolve: A Functional Analysis of Fathering Behavior	p. 35
Caregiving as Coregulation: Psychobiological Processes and Child Functioning	p. 49
The Determinants of Parenting in GxE Perspective: A Case of Differential Susceptibility?	p. 61
Development and Adjustment in Adolescence
Gene-Environment Interplay Helps to Explain Influences of Family Relationships on Adolescent Adjustment and Development	p. 71
The Importance of the Phenotype in Explorations of Gene-Environment Interplay	p. 85
The Importance of Puberty in Adolescent Development	p. 95
Genes, Hormones, and Family Behavior: What Makes Adolescence Unique?	p. 105
Mate Selection, Family Formation, and Fertility
Human Adaptations for Mating: Frameworks for Understanding Patterns of Family Formation and Fertility	p. 117
The Need for Family Research Using Multiple Approaches and Methods	p. 149
Psychological Adaptation and Human Fertility Patterns: Some Evidence of Human Mating Strategies as Evoked Sexual Culture	p. 161
Comments on Consilience Efforts	p. 171
Family Adaptations to Resource Disparities
Family Influences on Children's Well-Being: Potential Roles of Molecular Genetics and Epigenetics	p. 181
Social Inequalities, Family Relationships, and Child Health	p. 205
Family Resources, Genes, and Human Development	p. 221
In Search of GE: Why We Have Not Documented a Gene-Social Environment Interaction Yet	p. 231
A Promising Approach to Future Biosocial Research on the Family: Considering the Role of Temporal Context	p. 247
Index	p. 265
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