Biological aging in childhood and adolescence following experiences of threat and deprivation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

NL Colich, ML Rosen, ES Williams… - Psychological …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Life history theory argues that exposure to early life adversity (ELA) accelerates
development, although existing evidence for this varies. We present a meta-analysis and …

Cross-cultural evidence does not support universal acceleration of puberty in father-absent households

R Sear, P Sheppard, DA Coall - … Transactions of the …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Father absence in early life has been shown to be associated with accelerated reproductive
development in girls. Evolutionary social scientists have proposed several adaptive …

An uncertainty management perspective on long-run impacts of adversity: The influence of childhood socioeconomic status on risk, time, and social preferences

D Amir, MR Jordan, DG Rand - Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 2018 - Elsevier
While there has been a recent increase in focus on the role of early life socioeconomic
status (SES) on preferences and decision-making, there is still debate surrounding the …

Family environmental antecedents of pubertal timing in girls and boys: a review and open questions

HT Pham, LF DiLalla, RP Corley, LD Dorn… - Hormones and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Across nonhuman species, pubertal timing is affected by the social environment, with
consequences for reproductive success and behavior. In human beings, variations in …

Consensus parameter: Research methodologies to evaluate neurodevelopmental effects of pubertal suppression in transgender youth

D Chen, JF Strang, VD Kolbuck, SM Rosenthal… - Transgender …, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Purpose: Pubertal suppression is standard of care for early pubertal transgender youth to
prevent the development of undesired and distressing secondary sex characteristics …

Providing assets in the sharing economy: Low childhood socioeconomic status as a barrier

Y Wu, R Wang, H Jin, M Zhu - International Journal of Research in …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the past few decades, the modern marketplace has offered consumers a proliferation of
models for consumption based on sharing and access. Extant literature provides systematic …

Childhood unpredictability, life history, and intuitive versus deliberate cognitive styles

X Wang, N Zhu, L Chang - Personality and Individual Differences, 2022 - Elsevier
Cognitive style is a major component of individuals' life history and everyday life. However,
individual variations in cognitive styles are not well understood from an evolutionary …

Early stress, parental motivation, and reproductive decision-making: applications of life history theory to parental behavior

TC de Baca, BJ Ellis - Current opinion in psychology, 2017 - Elsevier
Highlights•Evolutionary-developmental models posit that parental behaviors are context-
specific.•Parenting shapes child developmental domains to aid in survival and …

Adolescent birth rates and the urban social environment in 363 Latin American cities

A Braverman-Bronstein, D Vidaña-Pérez… - BMJ global …, 2022 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Latin America has the second-highest adolescent birth rate (ABR) worldwide.
Variation between urban and rural areas and evidence linking country development to ABR …

Is the timing of menarche correlated with mortality and fertility rates?

G Šaffa, AM Kubicka, M Hromada, KL Kramer - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Timing of menarche has largely been studied in the context of a secular trend. However,
since mortality and fertility rates are fundamental demographic factors linked to a …