Gretchen Perry
Biographic Data
| ID | 631100 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gretchen Perry |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gretchen |
| FAMILY NAME | Perry |
| SIGNATURE | PERRY G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Canterbury |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8777-775X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 50 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Parental Investment by Birth Fathers and Stepfathers
This study investigates the determinants of paternal investment by birth fathers and stepfathers. Inclusive fitness theory predicts higher parental investment in birth children than stepchildren, and this has consistently been found in previous studies. Here we investigate whether paternal investment varies with childhood co-residence duration and differs between stepfathers and divorced birth fathers by comparing the investment of (1) stepfather…
A Cinderella effect in the childcare assistance provided by European grandparents
In-Law Relationships in Evolutionary Perspective
In-laws (relatives by marriage) are true kin because the descendants that they have in common make them "vehicles" of one another's inclusive fitness. From this shared interest flows cooperation and mutual valuation: the good side of in-law relationships. But there is also a bad side. Recent theoretical models err when they equate the inclusive fitness value of corresponding pairs of genetic and affinal (marital) relatives-brother and brother-in-…
Non-Parental Investment in Children and Child Outcomes after Parental Death or Divorce in a Patrilocal Society
Children rely on support from parental helpers (alloparents), perhaps especially in high-needs contexts. Considerable evidence indicates that closer relatives and maternal relatives are the most likely to provide this care, as inclusive fitness theory suggests, but whether this is equally true across different family types and in culturally patrilocal societies requires investigation. This structured interview study (N = 208 respondents with 323 …
Grandmaternal childcare and kinship laterality. Is rural Greece exceptional?
Matrilateral Bias in Human Grandmothering
Children receive more care and resources from their maternal grandmothers than from their paternal grandmothers. This asymmetry is the "matrilateral bias" in grandmaternal investment. Here we synopsize the evolutionary theories that predict such a bias, and review evidence of its cross-cultural generality and magnitude. Evolutionists have long maintained that investing in a daughter's child yields greater fitness returns, on average, than investi…
Going Home
Alloparental Care and Assistance in a Normatively Patrilocal Society
Parental care is often supplemented by "alloparents." There is increasing research interest in who these alloparents are and how they affect child well-being. Most earlier research indicates that mother's kin are more frequent and more beneficial alloparents than father's kin, but is this true even under patrilocality? This study investigated living arrangements and the alloparental care and assistance provided to mothers in intact first marriage…
Maternal foster families provide more stable placements than paternal families
Placement stability in kinship and non-kin foster care
Has the Child Welfare Profession Discovered Nepotistic Biases
Alloparental Care and Assistance in a Normatively Patrilocal Society
Parental care is often supplemented by "alloparents." There is increasing research interest in who these alloparents are and how they affect child well-being. Most earlier research indicates that mother's kin are more frequent and more beneficial alloparents than father's kin, but is this true even under patrilocality? This study investigated living arrangements and the alloparental care and assistance provided to mothers in intact first marriage…
Placement stability in kinship and non-kin foster care
Matrilateral Bias in Human Grandmothering
Children receive more care and resources from their maternal grandmothers than from their paternal grandmothers. This asymmetry is the "matrilateral bias" in grandmaternal investment. Here we synopsize the evolutionary theories that predict such a bias, and review evidence of its cross-cultural generality and magnitude. Evolutionists have long maintained that investing in a daughter's child yields greater fitness returns, on average, than investi…
Maternal foster families provide more stable placements than paternal families
Has the Child Welfare Profession Discovered Nepotistic Biases
Non-Parental Investment in Children and Child Outcomes after Parental Death or Divorce in a Patrilocal Society
Children rely on support from parental helpers (alloparents), perhaps especially in high-needs contexts. Considerable evidence indicates that closer relatives and maternal relatives are the most likely to provide this care, as inclusive fitness theory suggests, but whether this is equally true across different family types and in culturally patrilocal societies requires investigation. This structured interview study (N = 208 respondents with 323 …
Going Home
Parental Investment by Birth Fathers and Stepfathers
This study investigates the determinants of paternal investment by birth fathers and stepfathers. Inclusive fitness theory predicts higher parental investment in birth children than stepchildren, and this has consistently been found in previous studies. Here we investigate whether paternal investment varies with childhood co-residence duration and differs between stepfathers and divorced birth fathers by comparing the investment of (1) stepfather…
In-Law Relationships in Evolutionary Perspective
In-laws (relatives by marriage) are true kin because the descendants that they have in common make them "vehicles" of one another's inclusive fitness. From this shared interest flows cooperation and mutual valuation: the good side of in-law relationships. But there is also a bad side. Recent theoretical models err when they equate the inclusive fitness value of corresponding pairs of genetic and affinal (marital) relatives-brother and brother-in-…
Has the Child Welfare Profession Discovered Nepotistic Biases
Placement stability in kinship and non-kin foster care
Maternal foster families provide more stable placements than paternal families
Matrilateral Bias in Human Grandmothering
Children receive more care and resources from their maternal grandmothers than from their paternal grandmothers. This asymmetry is the "matrilateral bias" in grandmaternal investment. Here we synopsize the evolutionary theories that predict such a bias, and review evidence of its cross-cultural generality and magnitude. Evolutionists have long maintained that investing in a daughter's child yields greater fitness returns, on average, than investi…
Going Home
Alloparental Care and Assistance in a Normatively Patrilocal Society
Parental care is often supplemented by "alloparents." There is increasing research interest in who these alloparents are and how they affect child well-being. Most earlier research indicates that mother's kin are more frequent and more beneficial alloparents than father's kin, but is this true even under patrilocality? This study investigated living arrangements and the alloparental care and assistance provided to mothers in intact first marriage…
Grandmaternal childcare and kinship laterality. Is rural Greece exceptional?
A Cinderella effect in the childcare assistance provided by European grandparents
In-Law Relationships in Evolutionary Perspective
In-laws (relatives by marriage) are true kin because the descendants that they have in common make them "vehicles" of one another's inclusive fitness. From this shared interest flows cooperation and mutual valuation: the good side of in-law relationships. But there is also a bad side. Recent theoretical models err when they equate the inclusive fitness value of corresponding pairs of genetic and affinal (marital) relatives-brother and brother-in-…
Non-Parental Investment in Children and Child Outcomes after Parental Death or Divorce in a Patrilocal Society
Children rely on support from parental helpers (alloparents), perhaps especially in high-needs contexts. Considerable evidence indicates that closer relatives and maternal relatives are the most likely to provide this care, as inclusive fitness theory suggests, but whether this is equally true across different family types and in culturally patrilocal societies requires investigation. This structured interview study (N = 208 respondents with 323 …
Parental Investment by Birth Fathers and Stepfathers
This study investigates the determinants of paternal investment by birth fathers and stepfathers. Inclusive fitness theory predicts higher parental investment in birth children than stepchildren, and this has consistently been found in previous studies. Here we investigate whether paternal investment varies with childhood co-residence duration and differs between stepfathers and divorced birth fathers by comparing the investment of (1) stepfather…
Psychology (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Demography (8 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (8 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (8 works) · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Demography (6 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Kinship (6 works)