Maternal Investment and Reproductive History of Mothers Living in Contexts with Different Degrees of Urbanization
Keywords:
Life history theory, Reproductive strategies, Urbanization, Maternal investmentAbstract
The present study has the purpose to characterize both the maternal investment and the reproductive history of mothers from different contexts. To this end, 150 mothers living in three contexts with different degrees of urbanization were interviewed. Through statistical analysis of the data, it was found that there were significant differences between contexts as well as positive correlations between reproductive cores, such as age at first sexual intercourse and mother’ age at the birth of the first child. It was concluded that reproductive strategies are influenced by the mothers’ life history, current sociodemographic conditions, and the context where they live.
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Dancey, C. P., & Reidy, J. (2006). Estatística sem matemática para a psicologia. Porto Alegre: Artmed.
Davis, J. N., & Daly, M. (1997). Evolutionary theory and the human family. The Quarterly Review of Biology, 72, 407-435.
Ellis, B., & Garber, J. (2000). Psychosocial antecedents of variation in girls’ pubertal timing: Maternal depression, stepfather presence, and marital and familiar stress. Child Development, 71, 485-501.
Geary, D. C. (2000). Evolution and proximate expression of human paternal investment. Psychological Bulletin, 126, 55-77.
Geary, D. C., & Flynn, M. V. (2001). Evolution of human parental behavior and human family, Parenting: Science and Practice, 1, 55-61.
Governo do Estado de Santa Catarina (2007). Municípios. Retirado em 13/08/07, de http://www.sc.gov.br/conteudo/municipios/frametsetmunicipios.htm.
Graber, J. A., Brooks-Gunn, J., & Warren, M. P. (1995). The antecedents of menarcheal age: Heredity, family environment, and stressful life events. Child Development, 66, 346-359.
Grivas, T. B., Vasiliadis, E., Mouzakis, V., Milvas, C., & Koufopoulos, G. (2006). Association between adolescent idiopathic scoliosis prevalence and age at menarche in different geographic latitudes Scoliosis, 1, 1-12.
Hill, K., & Kaplan, H. (1999). Life history traits in humans: Theory and empirical studies. Annual Review of Anthropology, 28, 397-430.
Hoier, S. (2002). Father absence and age at menarche: A test of four evolutionary models. Human Nature, 14, 209-233.
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Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística - IBGE (2006). Cidades. Retirado em 13/08/07, de http://www.ibge.gov.br.
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Kim, K., Smith, P. K., & Palermiti, A. L. (1997). Conflict in the childhood and reproductive development. Evolution and Human Behavior, 18, 109-142.
MacDonald, K. (1997). Life history and human reproductive behavior: Enviromental/contextual influences and heritable variation. Human Nature, 8, 327-359.
Mace, R. (2000). Evolutionary ecology of human life history. Animal Behavior, 59, 1-10.
Mace, R., & Sear, R. (1997). Birth interval and the sex of children in a traditional African population: An evolutionary analysis. Journal of Biosocial Science, 29, 499-507.
Maestripieri, D., Roney, J. R., DeBias, N., Durante, K. M., & Spaepen, G. M. (2004). Father absence, menarche and interest in infants among adolescent girls. Developmental Science, 7, 560-566.
Pasquet, P. (1999). Age at menarche and urbanization in Cameroon: Current status and secular trends. Annals of Human Biology, 26, 89-97.
Quinlan, R. J. (2003). Father absence, parental care, and female reproductive development. Evolution and Human Behavior, 24, 376-390.
Ribas Jr., R. C., Seid-de-Moura, M. L., & Bornstein, M. H. (2007). Cognições maternas acerca da maternidade e do desenvolvimento humano: uma contribuição ao estudo da psicologia parental. Revista Brasileira de Crescimento e Desenvolvimento Humano, 17, 104-113.
Romans, S. E., Martin, J. M., Gendall, K., & Herbinson, G. P. (2003). Age of menarche: The role of some psychosocial factors. Psychological Medicine, 33, 933-939.
Seidl-de-Moura, M. L., Ribas Jr., R. C., Piccinini, C. A., Bastos, A. C. S., Magalhães, C. M. C., Vieira, M. L., Salomão, N. M. R., Silva, A. M. P. M., & Silva, A. K. (2004). Conhecimento sobre desenvolvimento infantil em mães primíparas de diferentes centros urbanos do Brasil. Estudos de Psicologia (Natal), 9, 421-429.
Silva, A. K., Vieira, M. L., Seidl-de-Moura, M. L., & Ribas Jr., R. C. (2005). Conhecimento de mães primíparas sobre desenvolvimento infantil. Um estudo em Itajaí, SC. Revista Brasileira de Crescimento e Desenvolvimento Humano, 15, 01-10.
Simpson J. A., & Gangestad, W. S. (2001). The evolution of human mating: Trade-offs and strategic pluralism. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 23, 573-587.
Tavares, C. H. F., Haeffner, L. S. B., Barbieiri, M. A., Bettiol, H., Barbieri, M. R., & Souza, L. (2000). Idade da menarca em escolares de uma comunidade rural do sudeste do Brasil. Caderno de Saúde Pública, 16, 709-715.
Vigil, J. M., Geary, D. C., & Byrd-Craven, J. (2005). A life history assessment of early childhood sexual abuse in women. Developmental Psychology, 41, 553-561.
Voland, E. (1998). Evolutionary ecology of human reproduction. Annual Review of Anthropology, 27, 347”“374.
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2010-07-30
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Vieira, V., Silveira, L. C., Vieira, M. L., & Prado, A. B. (2010). Maternal Investment and Reproductive History of Mothers Living in Contexts with Different Degrees of Urbanization. Psicologia: Teoria E Pesquisa, 26(2), 331–340. Retrieved from https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/revistaptp/article/view/17805
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