The development of reproductive strategy in females
Early maternal harshness → earlier menarche → increased sexual risk taking
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9786000 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Belsky (0000-0003-2191-2503, Birkbeck, University of London, corresponding author), Laurence Steinberg (0000-0002-2627-3635), Renate Houts (0000-0002-1518-2631), Renate M Houts, Bonnie Halpern‐felsher (0000-0001-9276-1322), Bonnie L Halpern-Felsher |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 120-128 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Developmental Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-1649 • E-ISSN: 1939-0599 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/a0015549 |
| PMID | 20053011 |
| OpenAlex | W2154716439 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 69 |
| References cited | 19 |
To test a proposition central to J. Belsky, L. Steinberg, and P. Draper's (1991) evolutionary theory of socialization-that pubertal maturation plays a role in linking early rearing experience with adolescent sexual risk taking (i.e., frequency of sexual behavior) and, perhaps, other risk taking (e.g., alcohol, drugs, delinquency)-the authors subjected longitudinal data on 433 White, 62 Black, and 31 Hispanic females to path analysis. Results showed (a) that greater maternal harshness at 54 months predicted earlier age of menarche; (b) that earlier age of menarche predicted greater sexual (but not other) risk taking; and (c) that maternal harshness exerted a significant indirect effect, via earlier menarche, on sexual risk taking (i.e., greater harshness --> earlier menarche --> greater sexual risk taking) but only a direct effect on other risk taking. Results are discussed in terms of evolutionary perspectives on human development and reproductive strategy, and future directions for research are outlined
Developmental psychology · Harshness · Juvenile delinquency · Menarche · Socialization · Demography · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones · Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior · Psychology
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Perceived environmental threats as a factor in reproductive behavior
Fostering relations
Childhood environmental harshness predicts coordinated health and reproductive strategies
Predictors of Sexual Debut
Ecological Influences
Adolescent Sexual Risk
Sexual and Reproductive Development
Environmental Risk
Developmental Adaptation to Stress
Emerging Adulthood, a Pre-adult Life-History Stage
Environmental stress and human life history strategy development in rural and peri-urban South India
Mating fast and slow? Sociosexual orientations are not reflective of life history trajectories
The Holy Father (and Mother)? Multiple Tests of the Hypothesis That Parenthood and Parental Care Motivation Lead to Greater Religiosity
Pubertal Timing and Adolescent Alcohol Use
Profiles of Childhood Maltreatment
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Effective Reaction to Danger
Consistency and inconsistency among romantic partners over time
The dynamics of sexual fidelity
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The Effect of Income and Wealth on Behavioral Strategies, Personality Traits, and Preferences
Does extrinsic mortality accelerate the pace of life? A bare-bones approach
Early Pubertal Timing and the Union Formation Behaviors of Young Women
Parenting Styles as a Moderator of the Association between Pubertal Timing and Chinese Adolescents’ Drinking Behavior
The intergenerational legacy of early-life malnutrition during the great leap forward famine in China
Knowledge of peri-menarcheal changes and a comparative analysis of the age at menarche among young adolescent school girls in urban and rural Cameroon
Food Insecurity and Age at Menarche in Tampa Bay, Florida
A Quantitative Exploration of Gendered Pathways to Crime in a Sample of Male and Female Juvenile Offenders
Being Cared for and Growing Up Slowly
Sex Differences in Preadolescents’ Attachment Strategies
Inconsistent Condom Use Among Non-Medical University Students in Iran
The Influence of Early Experiences and Adult Attachment on the Exhibition of the Sexual Double Standard
Cross-Cultural Comparison of Sensory Preferences in Romantic Attraction
Associations Between Forced and “Persuaded” First Intercourse and Later Health Outcomes in Women
Development and Lability in the Parent–Child Relationship During Adolescence
Exploring the Link Between Caregiver Affect and Adolescent Sexual Behavior
How Does Pubertal Development Impact Caregiver-Adolescent Communication About Sex in Rural, African American Families? An Examination of Mediation Effects
Gender Differences in Monitoring and Deviant Peers as Predictors of Delinquent Behavior Among Low-Income Urban African American Youth
Race Disparities in Pubertal Timing
Associations of Adolescent Hopelessness and Self-Worth With Pregnancy Attempts and Pregnancy Desire
Family relationships in childhood, pubertal timing, and subsequent reproductive strategies among adolescents
Early Environmental Unpredictability
Pubertal Timing and Early Sexual Intercourse in the Offspring of Teenage Mothers
Too Many Males or Too Many Females? Classroom Sex Ratio, Life History Strategies and Risk-Taking Behaviors
Clarifying the Associations between Age at Menarche and Adolescent Emotional and Behavioral Problems
Associations Between Menarcheal Timing and Behavioral Developmental Trajectories for Girls from Age 6 to Age 15
Mechanisms That Link Parenting Practices to Adolescents’ Risky Sexual Behavior
Family Experiences and Parent Personality as Antecedents of Pubertal Timing in Girls and Boys
The Association of Childhood Sexual Abuse With Non-Paraphilic and Paraphilic Sexual Behaviors Among Adolescents Who Have Sexually Offended
On Early Starters and Late Bloomers
An ecological analysis of the effects of deviant peer clustering on sexual promiscuity, problem behavior, and childbearing from early adolescence to adulthood
Sex-specific pathways to early puberty, sexual debut, and sexual risk taking
The evolutionary basis of risky adolescent behavior
Individual development and evolution
Early adverse environments and genetic influences on age at first sex
Evolution, stress, and sensitive periods
The Development of Conventional Sexual Partner Trajectories Among African American Male Adolescents
Reproductive Responses to Economic Uncertainty
Short-Term Mating Orientation Predicts Openness to “Sugar Relationships” More Than Life History Strategy
A Life History Approach on Risk-taking Behaviors Moderated by Gender in Young Adult Spaniards
Traumatic progression
Testing Environmental Effects on Age at Menarche and Sexual Debut within a Genetically Informative Twin Design
Does Absence Matter
Effects of Individual Mortality Experience on Out-of-Wedlock Fertility in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Krummhörn, Germany
Do mental health and behavioural problems of early menarche persist into late adolescence? A three year follow-up study among adolescent girls in Oslo, Norway
African-American/white differences in the age of menarche
Plasticity in Human Life History Strategy
The role of apathy, personal insecurity, and socio-economic status in formation of risk-taking behavior among university students
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Missing data
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Social learning theory
The Impact of Pubertal Timing on Adolescents’ Alcohol Use
Correlates of Age at First Sexual Intercourse in a National Sample of Young Women
Impact of Pubertal Status, Timing, and Age on Adolescent Sexual Experience and Delinquency
Pubertal Development, Parental Communication, and Sexual Values in Relation to Adolescent Sexual Behaviors
A Cross-Cultural Examination of the Relationship Between Ages at Menarche, Marriage, and First Birth
On the relationships between gender, early onset, and the seriousness of offending
Pubertal timing and substance use
Impact of fathers on daughters' age at menarche
Timing of Pubertal Maturation and Heterosexual Behavior Among Hong Kong Chinese Adolescents
Timing of Pubertal Maturation in Girls
Father Absence and Reproductive Strategy
Early Motherhood in an Intergenerational Perspective
Harsh, Firm, and Permissive Parenting in Low-Income Families
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| Unique citing works | 69 |
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| Citations per year | 4,31 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 65 |