Faculty Articles
Male Parental Investment and the Development of Children's Social Competencies: Understanding the Moderating Effects of Marital Quality
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2017
Publication Title
IAHRW International Journal of Social Sciences Review
Volume
8
Issue/Number
1
First Page
70
ISSN
2347-3797
Last Page
75
Abstract/Excerpt
vast literature shows that the quality of personal relationships, especially personal relationships with parents for children, is a major predictor of psychosocial functioning and development. The present literature review attempts to better understand parental influences on the development of children's social competencies from an evolutionary perspective, by focusing on male parental investment in children, and its influences on the child's social competencies. Extant research suggests that male parental investment is more highly correlated with, and predictive of the development of the child's socio-competitive competencies than female parental investment. This review also explores the effects of marital quality on the links between parent-child relationship behaviors and child outcomes.
NSUWorks Citation
Menon, M.
(2017). Male Parental Investment and the Development of Children's Social Competencies: Understanding the Moderating Effects of Marital Quality. IAHRW International Journal of Social Sciences Review, 8(1), 70-75.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/1588
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