Parent-Offspring Conflict Theory: An Evolutionary Framework for Understanding Conflict within Human Families

Autor/inn/en	Schlomer, Gabriel L.; Del Giudice, Marco; Ellis, Bruce J.
Titel	Parent-Offspring Conflict Theory: An Evolutionary Framework for Understanding Conflict within Human Families
Quelle	In: Psychological Review, 118 (2011) 3, S.496-521 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-295X
DOI	10.1037/a0024043
Schlagwörter	Parent Child Relationship; Conflict; Theories; Mothers; Sibling Relationship; Genetics; Conflict Resolution + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Konflikt; Theory; Theorie; Mother; Mutter; Sibling relations; Geschwisterbeziehung; Humangenetik; Conflict solving; Konfliktlösung; Konfliktregelung
Abstract	Decades of research demonstrate that conflict shapes and permeates a broad range of family processes. In the current article, we argue that greater insight, integration of knowledge, and empirical achievement in the study of family conflict can be realized by utilizing a powerful theory from evolutionary biology that is barely known within psychology: parent-offspring conflict theory (POCT). In the current article, we articulate POCT for psychological scientists, extend its scope by connecting it to the broader framework of life history theory, and draw out its implications for understanding conflict within human families. We specifically apply POCT to 2 instances of early mother-offspring interaction (prenatal conflict and weaning conflict); discuss the effects of genetic relatedness on behavioral conflict between parents, children, and their siblings; review the emerging literature on parent-offspring conflict over the choice of mates and spouses; and examine parent-offspring conflict from the perspective of imprinted genes. This review demonstrates the utility of POCT, not only for explaining what is known about conflict within families but also for generating novel hypotheses, suggesting new lines of research, and moving us toward the "big picture" by integrating across biological and psychological domains of knowledge. (Contains 1 figure and 2 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10