Citation

Li H, Chang L. Acta Psychol. Sin. 2007; 39(3): 495-501.

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(Copyright © 2007, Chinese Psychological Society)

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Abstract

Based on a sample of 338 Chinese parents and their only children, paternal resemblance belief was found to attenuate the association between paternal harsh parenting and child characteristics, such as emotion dysregulation and aggression, and to strengthen the association between harsh parenting and such paternal characteristics as depressive affect and marital dissatisfaction. These findings support the evolutionary view that, as an adaptation to calm paternity doubt, paternal resemblance belief leads to improved paternal investment. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract)