Sexual Initiation Among Canadian Youth: A Model Comparison Approach of Evolutionary Hypotheses Shows Greatest Support for Extrinsic Mortality Cues, Intergenerational Conflict, and Early Life Psychosocial Stressors
(Kristin Snopkowski and John P. Ziker)
Evolution and Human Behavior
(2020)
Early life factors are associated with the timing of reproductive events in adolescence, but a variety of hypotheses (such as psychosocial acceleration theory, paternal investment theory, extrinsic mortality, internal prediction, and intergenerational conflict) propose different ...