In recent years, substantial gains have been made in our understanding of the influence of
parenting behaviors and styles on adolescent emotional and behavioral outcomes …

Financial constraints are economic limitations on behavior. Given that millions of people
experience chronic or episodic financial constraints, we sought to review research that …

Método: Estudio retrospectivo de casos y controles con una muestra no probabilística por
conveniencia de 180 adolescentes: 60 gestantes (casos) y 120 no gestantes (controles). La …

Integrative explanations of why obesity is more prevalent in some sectors of the human
population than others are lacking. Here, we outline and evaluate one candidate …

Nearly three decades of research evaluating the impact of family structure on the health and
well-being of children demonstrates that children living with their married, biological parents …

The current paper synthesizes theory and data from the field of life history (LH) evolution to
advance a new developmental theory of variation in human LH strategies. The theory posits …

This chapter considers the phenomenon of human paternal investment in terms of the
benefits of providing care to children and the costs of investment from the males' …

According to a recent evolutionary life history model of development proposed by Ellis,
Figueredo, Brumbach, and Schlomer (2009), growing up in harsh versus unpredictable …

Biological reactivity to psychological stressors comprises a complex, integrated, and highly
conserved repertoire of central neural and peripheral neuroendocrine responses designed …

A seven-year randomized evaluation suggests education subsidies reduce adolescent girls'
dropout, pregnancy, and marriage but not sexually transmitted infection (STI). The …