APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Child Abuse By Stepparents: A Reassessment of the Evolutionary Account
- Gavin Nobes
University of East Anglia - Georgia Panagiotaki
University of East Anglia - Catia Malvaso
University of Adelaide - Kenisha Russell Jonsson
University of Essex
Abstract
Daly and Wilson (2008) claim that, for evolutionary reasons, stepfathers assault children far more than genetic fathers. We replicated their British study of homicides, and reanalyzed Colombian physical abuse data. The higher rates of violence by stepfathers are explained by confounds (e.g., father's age), not by lack of genetic relatedness.
Families/Parenting
