TY  - JOUR
A1  - Meckelmann, Viola
A1  - Pfeifer, Caroline
A1  - Rauh, Hellgard
T1  - Family relationships in childhood, pubertal timing, and subsequent reproductive strategies among adolescents
JF  - South African journal of psychology
N2  - The evolutionary theory of socialization of Belsky, Steinberg, and Draper was investigated on the empirical basis of a longitudinal sample of 26 adolescent girls and boys who were born in Berlin during German reunification, as well as their mothers. Consistent with the theory, pubertal timing of the girls (but not of the boys) was predicted by the quality of parental relations in childhood, and pubertal timing of the girls (but not of the boys) was a significant predictor of the age at first intercourse. The results suggest that there are different developmental pathways for girls and boys with respect to the predictions of the evolutionary theory of socialization of Belsky et al. The findings also support the hypothesis that early onset of reproduction and frequent reproduction may be two different aspects of a quantitative reproductive strategy.
KW  - Adolescence
KW  - childhood
KW  - family relations
KW  - pubertal timing
KW  - puberty
KW  - reproductive strategies
Y1  - 2013
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1177/0081246312474408
SN  - 0081-2463
VL  - 43
IS  - 1
SP  - 22
EP  - 33
PB  - Sage Publ.
CY  - London
ER  -