Paternal Confidence

Associated Documents (2)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Gaulin, Steven J.C.Paternal confidence and paternal investment: a cross cultural test of a sociobiological hypothesis
Huber, Brad R.Material resource investments at marriage: evolutionary, social, and ecological perspectives

Associated Hypotheses (3)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Gaulin, Steven J.C.Man's preference to invest in his sisters' children rather than his wives' is positively associated with low paternal confidence (302).
Gaulin, Steven J.C.High paternal confidence leads to high investment by a man in his wife's children; low paternal confidence leads a man to channel his investment elsewhere (304).
Huber, Brad R.Paternal confidence level, polygyny rate, level of pathogen stress, relative age of spouses, and divorce rate will be positively associated with wealth transfer to the bride and her parents (284-6).

Associated OCMs

  1. extramarital sex relations