paternal behavior

Summary

Summary: The behavior patterns associated with or characteristic of a father.

Top Publications

  1. ncbi The effects of father involvement during pregnancy on receipt of prenatal care and maternal smoking
    Laurie T Martin
    Research Associate, Child Trends, Suite 350, 4301 Connecticut Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20008, USA
    Matern Child Health J 11:595-602. 2007
  2. ncbi Predictors of Urban fathers' involvement in their child's health care
    Trevena Moore
    Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Pediatrics 113:574-80. 2004
  3. ncbi Parental care and clutch sizes in North and South American birds
    T E Martin
    U S Geological Survey Biological Resources Division, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
    Science 287:1482-5. 2000
  4. ncbi Testosterone and prolactin in two songbirds that differ in paternal care: the Blue-headed Vireo and the Red-eyed Vireo
    Brandi L Van Roo
    Department of Biology, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA 01701, USA
    Horm Behav 44:435-41. 2003
  5. ncbi Evolutionary transitions in parental care and live bearing in vertebrates
    John D Reynolds
    School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
    Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 357:269-81. 2002
  6. ncbi Sexual conflict over care: antagonistic effects of clutch desertion on reproductive success of male and female penduline tits
    I Szentirmai
    Department of Ethology, Eotvos University, Budapest, Pázmány P sétány 1 C, Hungary
    J Evol Biol 20:1739-44. 2007
  7. ncbi Heritability of parental effort in a passerine bird
    Andrew D C MacColl
    Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
    Evolution 57:2191-5. 2003
  8. ncbi Testosterone, paternal behavior, and aggression in the monogamous California mouse (Peromyscus californicus)
    B C Trainor
    Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
    Horm Behav 40:32-42. 2001
  9. ncbi Paternal behavior influences development of aggression and vasopressin expression in male California mouse offspring
    Cristianne R M Frazier
    Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
    Horm Behav 50:699-707. 2006
  10. ncbi Species differences in paternal behavior and aggression in peromyscus and their associations with vasopressin immunoreactivity and receptors
    J K Bester-Meredith
    Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706, USA
    Horm Behav 36:25-38. 1999

Research Grants

  1. Regulators of Male Parental Care
    Toni Ziegler; Fiscal Year: 2006
  2. Functional Neuroanatomy of Maternal & Paternal Behavior
    JEFFREY LORBERBAUM; Fiscal Year: 2006
  3. The Neural Basis of Sexually Dimorphic Brain Function
    GEERT DE VRIES; Fiscal Year: 2006
  4. The Neural Basis of Sexually Dimorphic Brain Function
    GEERT DE VRIES; Fiscal Year: 2007
  5. The Role of Septal V1aR Density in Regulating Social Behavior
    LISA MCGRAW; Fiscal Year: 2007
  6. NEURAL BASIS OF SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC BRAIN FUNCTION
    GEERT DE VRIES; Fiscal Year: 2000
  7. Parent Intervention for Drug-Abusing Fathers
    Thomas McMahon; Fiscal Year: 2007
  8. Improving parenting capacity to promote safe driving for adolescents with ADHD
    Gregory A Fabiano; Fiscal Year: 2010
  9. Neurobiological Mechanisms of Social Bonding in a Monogamous Primate
    Karen Bales; Fiscal Year: 2009
  10. Parent Training for Fathers of Children with ADHD
    GREGORY FABIANO; Fiscal Year: 2007

Detail Information

Publications152 found, 100 shown here

  1. ncbi The effects of father involvement during pregnancy on receipt of prenatal care and maternal smoking
    Laurie T Martin
    Research Associate, Child Trends, Suite 350, 4301 Connecticut Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20008, USA
    Matern Child Health J 11:595-602. 2007
    ..This study also examines sociodemographic predictors of father involvement during pregnancy...
  2. ncbi Predictors of Urban fathers' involvement in their child's health care
    Trevena Moore
    Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Pediatrics 113:574-80. 2004
    ..The objective of this study was to explore the extent to which fathers are involved in their children's health care and identify those factors that are associated with greater involvement...
  3. ncbi Parental care and clutch sizes in North and South American birds
    T E Martin
    U S Geological Survey Biological Resources Division, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
    Science 287:1482-5. 2000
    ..However, neither Skutch's hypothesis nor two major alternatives explain differences between latitudes...
  4. ncbi Testosterone and prolactin in two songbirds that differ in paternal care: the Blue-headed Vireo and the Red-eyed Vireo
    Brandi L Van Roo
    Department of Biology, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA 01701, USA
    Horm Behav 44:435-41. 2003
    ..Our observations support the hypothesis that differences in paternal care reflect differences in circulating T and PRL...
  5. ncbi Evolutionary transitions in parental care and live bearing in vertebrates
    John D Reynolds
    School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
    Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 357:269-81. 2002
    ....
  6. ncbi Sexual conflict over care: antagonistic effects of clutch desertion on reproductive success of male and female penduline tits
    I Szentirmai
    Department of Ethology, Eotvos University, Budapest, Pázmány P sétány 1 C, Hungary
    J Evol Biol 20:1739-44. 2007
    ..We argue that the strong antagonistic interests of sexes explain the high frequency of biparental desertion...
  7. ncbi Heritability of parental effort in a passerine bird
    Andrew D C MacColl
    Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, United Kingdom
    Evolution 57:2191-5. 2003
    ..Using both parent-offspring regression, and an animal model approach, with a pedigree derived from ringing data, we show that our measure of effort has a significant heritable component...
  8. ncbi Testosterone, paternal behavior, and aggression in the monogamous California mouse (Peromyscus californicus)
    B C Trainor
    Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
    Horm Behav 40:32-42. 2001
    Testosterone (T) mediates a trade-off, or negative correlation, between paternal behavior and aggression in several seasonally breeding avian species...
  9. ncbi Paternal behavior influences development of aggression and vasopressin expression in male California mouse offspring
    Cristianne R M Frazier
    Department of Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
    Horm Behav 50:699-707. 2006
    ..This study provides further evidence that paternal behavior influences the development of aggression and associated neural substrates.
  10. ncbi Species differences in paternal behavior and aggression in peromyscus and their associations with vasopressin immunoreactivity and receptors
    J K Bester-Meredith
    Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, 53706, USA
    Horm Behav 36:25-38. 1999
    ..We propose the hypothesis that aggression may be better correlated with species patterns of AVP-ir staining density and receptor distribution...
  11. ncbi Vasopressin and the transmission of paternal behavior across generations in mated, cross-fostered Peromyscus mice
    Janet K Bester-Meredith
    Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin, 1202 West Johnson Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
    Behav Neurosci 117:455-63. 2003
    The role of arginine vasopressin (AVP) in the nongenomic transfer of paternal behavior from fathers to offspring was examined in Peromyscus. Male California mice (P. californicus) exposed to fewer retrievals by white-footed mouse (P...
  12. ncbi Predictable males and unpredictable females: sex difference in repeatability of parental care in a wild bird population
    S Nakagawa
    Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
    J Evol Biol 20:1674-81. 2007
    ..Our results suggest a need for a new theoretical framework that encompasses variation in the predictability and plasticity of parental investment by individuals...
  13. ncbi From here to paternity: neural correlates of the onset of paternal behavior in California mice (Peromyscus californicus)
    Trynke R de Jong
    Department of Biology, 3386 Spieth Hall, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92527, USA
    Horm Behav 56:220-31. 2009
    ..New fathers approached pups more rapidly and spent more time engaging in paternal behavior than virgin males. In each cage housing two virgin males, one was spontaneously paternal and one was not...
  14. ncbi Central vasopressin administration regulates the onset of facultative paternal behavior in microtus pennsylvanicus (meadow voles)
    K J Parker
    Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-1109, USA
    Horm Behav 39:285-94. 2001
    Pharmacological experiments have implicated a role for central arginine vasopressin (AVP) in regulating paternal behavior in monogamous prairie voles...
  15. ncbi Pregnant women quit smoking; what about fathers? Survey study in Bursa Region, Turkey
    Yesim Uncu
    Yesim Uncu, Uludag University, School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Gorukle Bursa 16069, Turkey
    Croat Med J 46:832-7. 2005
    ..To evaluate maternal and paternal smoking habits during pregnancy and determine their correlation with pregnancy complications and newborn status...
  16. ncbi Mothers' and fathers' behaviors toward their 3- to 4-month-old infants in lower, middle, and upper socioeconomic African American families
    Jaipaul L Roopnarine
    Department of Child and Family Studies, Syracuse University, NY 13244, USA
    Dev Psychol 41:723-32. 2005
    ..Fathers and mothers in the different socioeconomic groups held, displayed affection to, and soothed their infants differently...
  17. ncbi Sheep in wolf's clothing: host nestling vocalizations resemble their cowbird competitor's
    Katie Pagnucco
    Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ont, Canada N6A 5B7
    Proc Biol Sci 275:1061-5. 2008
    ..Our results support the recently proposed hypothesis that signalling in parasitized nests involves a dynamic interaction between parasitic and host nestlings, rather than a one-way process of mimicry by the parasite...
  18. ncbi [Analysis of the care delivered to hospitalized newborns according to the Winnicottian perspective]
    Fabiane Carvalhais Regis
    Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo
    Rev Bras Enferm 58:39-43. 2005
    ..We believe that it is necessary that the caring practice must be reevaulated, so that all members of the team, and also mothers and fathers are able to provide adequate holding for the infant's development...
  19. ncbi Perspectives of mothers with substance use problems on father involvement
    Robin E Gearing
    1Columbia University School of Social Work, New York, USA
    Can J Clin Pharmacol 15:e99-107. 2008
    ..To date, little research has focused on the implications, meaning and experiences of father involvement on mothers with substance use problems...
  20. ncbi Parental behaviors in rats and mice
    Joseph S Lonstein
    University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
    Curr Protoc Neurosci . 2002
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  21. ncbi Maternal gatekeeping, coparenting quality, and fathering behavior in families with infants
    Sarah J Schoppe-Sullivan
    Department of Human Development and Family Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
    J Fam Psychol 22:389-98. 2008
    ..These findings are consistent with the notion that mothers may shape father involvement through their roles as "gatekeepers."..
  22. ncbi Sexual conflict and consistency of offspring desertion in Eurasian penduline tit Remiz pendulinus
    Akos Pogány
    Department of Ethology, Eotvos University, Pázmány Péter s 1 c, Budapest, H 1117, Hungary
    BMC Evol Biol 8:242. 2008
    ..Here we investigate whether the variation in offspring desertion in a population emerges either by each individual behaving consistently between different broods, or it is driven by the environment...
  23. ncbi Testosterone, reproductive stage, and territorial behavior of male and female European stonechats Saxicola torquata
    Hubert Schwabl
    Center for Reproductive Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
    Horm Behav 47:503-12. 2005
    ..The function of the high female plasma T concentrations during formation of first clutches could be related to the production of eggs with high concentrations of androgens...
  24. ncbi Carotenoid-based nestling colouration and parental favouritism in the great tit
    Barbara Tschirren
    Division of Evolutionary Ecology, Zoological Institute, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
    Oecologia 143:477-82. 2005
    ..Alternative explanations for the evolution of carotenoid-based colours in nestling birds are discussed...
  25. ncbi Darwinian grandparenting: preferential investment in more certain kin
    Simon M Laham
    University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
    Pers Soc Psychol Bull 31:63-72. 2005
    ..Exposure to grandparents revealed a similar pattern of findings but did not show the same sensitivity to the presence of more certain kin and did not appear to account for the closeness ratings...
  26. ncbi Plasticity in juvenile hormone in male burying beetles during breeding: physiological consequences of the loss of a mate
    S Carmen Panaitof
    Department of Zoology, University of New Hampshire, Rudman Hall, Durham, NH 03824 2617, USA
    J Insect Physiol 50:715-24. 2004
    ..The regulation of JH in male burying beetles appears thus to be dependent on the presence of a mate and on critical stimuli from young...
  27. ncbi Resource defense and juvenile hormone: the "challenge hypothesis" extended to insects
    Michelle Pellissier Scott
    Department of Zoology, University of New Hampshire, Durham, 03824, USA
    Horm Behav 49:276-81. 2006
    ..These findings support the challenge hypothesis and suggest that mating systems and breeding strategies can promote plastic responses in insect, as well as vertebrate, endocrine systems...
  28. ncbi Dark nests and conspicuousness in color patterns of nestlings of altricial birds
    Jesús M Avilés
    Departamento de Ecología Funcional y Evolutiva, Estación Experimental de Zonas Aridas Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, General Segura 1, E 04001 Almería, Spain
    Am Nat 171:327-38. 2008
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  29. ncbi Parental conflict in birds: comparative analyses of offspring development, ecology and mating opportunities
    V A Olson
    Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, 4 South, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK
    Proc Biol Sci 275:301-7. 2008
    ..They also support the view that the major correlates of the intersexual conflict are mating opportunities for both sexes, rather than the breeding environment...
  30. ncbi Correlates of mother-premature infant interactions
    Diane Holditch Davis
    School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA
    Res Nurs Health 30:333-46. 2007
    ..Greater maternal worry was related to more child irritability. These findings are consistent with the developmental science view that the mother-premature relationship is a complex, reciprocal process...
  31. ncbi Parental practices and willingness to ask for children's help later in life
    Carmi Schooler
    Ph D, Section on Socio Environmental Studies, Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, 6101 Executive Boulevard, Suite 360, Room 362, MSC 8408, Bethesda, MD 20892 8408, USA
    J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 62:P165-70. 2007
    ..was increased by responsive and decreased by restrictive-dominant maternal behavior; and (c) neither responsive nor restrictive-dominant paternal behavior affected fathers' later willingness to ask an adult child for help of either kind.
  32. ncbi Does the badge of status influence parental care and investment in house sparrows? An experimental test
    Shinichi Nakagawa
    Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
    Oecologia 153:749-60. 2007
    ..We conclude that badge size does not signal parental quality, but that the ages of both sexes and the condition of the female play significant roles in the reproductive performance of this species...
  33. ncbi A recognition-free mechanism for reliable rejection of brood parasites
    Michael G Anderson
    Ecology and Conservation Group, Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University, Albany Campus, Private Bag 102 904, North Shore Mail Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
    Trends Ecol Evol 22:283-6. 2007
    ..Discrimination without recognition has important implications for the realized trajectories of host-parasite coevolutionary arms races...
  34. ncbi Experimental evidence for chick discrimination without recognition in a brood parasite host
    Tomas Grim
    Department of Zoology, Palacky University, tr Svobody 26, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
    Proc Biol Sci 274:373-81. 2007
    ..These findings have crucial implications for the process and end-result of host-parasite arms races and our understanding of the cognitive basis of discriminatory mechanisms in general...
  35. ncbi Household chaos--links with parenting and child behaviour
    Joanne Coldwell
    Psychology Department, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
    J Child Psychol Psychiatry 47:1116-22. 2006
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Household chaos is able to work in an additive way and predict children's problem behaviour over and above parenting, and is particularly potent when in combination with less positive/more negative parenting...
  36. ncbi Parental investment with a superior alien in the brood
    Ø H Holen
    Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    J Evol Biol 20:2165-72. 2007
    ..As parasites reared together with host offspring are often superior competitors, their hosts could benefit from increasing investment in response to suspected parasitism...
  37. ncbi Perceived parenting behavior in the childhood of cocaine users: relationship with genotype and personality traits
    G Gerra
    Centro Studi Farmaco tossicodipendenze, Ser T, AUSL, Parma, Italy
    Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 144:52-7. 2007
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  38. ncbi Parents' representations of their children: an exploratory study using the Osgood Semantic Differential Scales
    Silvia Salcuni
    Universita degli Studi di Padova, Italy
    Percept Mot Skills 105:39-46. 2007
    ..Average factor scores were significantly different. There were no significant differences between fathers and mothers on the four factor scores. Children were more positively evaluated the younger they were...
  39. ncbi Neither reduced photoperiod, nor female-related social cues, nor increased maternal thermal stress result in a paternally responsive Phodopus sungorus male
    Mary E Timonin
    Department of Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON Canada K7L 3N6
    Physiol Behav 88:309-16. 2006
    ..Thus, paternal behavior might be expressed in response to relevant social and environmental cues...
  40. ncbi Spontaneous egg or chick abandonment in energy-depleted king penguins: a role for corticosterone and prolactin?
    Rene Groscolas
    Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien, Departement d Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie, UMR 7178 CNRS ULP, 23 rue Becquerel, 67087, Strasbourg Cedex 02, France
    Horm Behav 53:51-60. 2008
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  41. ncbi Mothers and fathers of very low-birthweight infants: similarities and differences in the first year after birth
    Nancy Feeley
    Department of Nursing, Centre for Nursing Research, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs 36:558-67. 2007
    ..To compare the psychosocial adjustment and the quality of interaction with their infant of mothers and fathers of very low-birthweight infants at two time points in the first year of the infant's life...
  42. ncbi The effects of variable foraging conditions on common murre (Uria aalge) corticosterone concentrations and parental provisioning
    Lesley M Doody
    Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada A1B 3X9
    Horm Behav 53:140-8. 2008
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  43. ncbi Men's constructions of smoking in the context of women's tobacco reduction during pregnancy and postpartum
    Joan L Bottorff
    University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC, Canada
    Soc Sci Med 62:3096-108. 2006
    ..Implications for gender-sensitive smoking cessation interventions are discussed...
  44. ncbi Life history evolution in cichlids 1: revisiting the evolution of life histories in relation to parental care
    N Kolm
    Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
    J Evol Biol 19:66-75. 2006
    ..We suggest that re-evaluation of the generality of current models of the evolution of egg size under parental care in fishes is needed...
  45. ncbi Parenting behavior dimensions and child psychopathology: specificity, task dependency, and interactive relations
    Annalise Caron
    Vanderbilt University, USA
    J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 35:34-45. 2006
    ..These findings indicate the importance of assessing and simultaneously analyzing multiple parenting behavior dimensions and multiple child psychopathology domains...
  46. ncbi Life history traits and parental care in Lepilemur ruficaudatus
    Roland Hilgartner
    Department of Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, German Primate Centre, Gottingen, Germany
    Am J Primatol 70:2-11. 2008
    ..We conclude that the necessity of direct infant care cannot explain the evolution and/or maintenance of pair-living in Lepilemur ruficaudatus...
  47. ncbi Effect of neonatal handling and paternal care on offspring cognitive development in the monogamous California mouse (Peromyscus californicus)
    Timothy W Bredy
    Developmental Neuroendocrinology Laboratory, Douglas Hospital Research Centre, and Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Horm Behav 46:30-8. 2004
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  48. ncbi An exploration of links between early parenting experiences and personality disorder type and disordered personality functioning
    G Parker
    School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Australia
    J Pers Disord 13:361-74. 1999
    ..Multiple regression analyses indicated that disordered functioning (as assessed by the three independent rater groups) was most distinctly associated with paternal indifference and maternal overcontrol...
  49. ncbi Paternal care in the social and diurnal striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio): laboratory and field evidence
    Carsten Schradin
    Ecophysiological Studies Research Group, School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
    J Comp Psychol 117:317-24. 2003
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  50. ncbi Outline of the evolution of behavioral and nonbehavioral patterns of parental care among the vertebrates: critical characteristics of mammalian and avian parental behavior
    Jay S Rosenblatt
    Psychology Department, Rutgers University Newark, New Jersey, USA
    Scand J Psychol 44:265-71. 2003
    ..Among birds there is the period of egg incubation in the nest preceding hatching of the young, in addition to the above characteristics of mammals, but the mother-offspring unit is not the basis for social organization...
  51. ncbi Changes in plasma corticosterone and adrenocortical response to stress during the breeding cycle in high altitude flycatchers
    Maria Elena Pereyra
    Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
    Gen Comp Endocrinol 130:222-31. 2003
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  52. ncbi Social interactions of children with autism in father-child and mother-child play sessions
    Jennifer H Elder
    University of Florida, College of Nursing, Gainesville, FL, USA
    Pediatr Nurs 28:573-8, 581. 2002
    ..These findings are consistent with the clinical impression that autism is a syndrome with various symptom configurations and individual differences in behaviors...
  53. ncbi Parental care and adaptive brood sex ratio manipulation in birds
    Dennis Hasselquist
    Department of Animal Ecology, Lund University, Ecology Building, 223 62, Sweden
    Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 357:363-72. 2002
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  54. ncbi Parentally biased favouritism: why should parents specialize in caring for different offspring?
    C M Lessells
    Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Boterhoeksestraat 48, PO Box 40, 6666 ZG Heteren, The Netherlands
    Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 357:381-403. 2002
    ..Parentally biased favouritism towards particular individual offspring (brood division) can be explained by parent-offspring conflict or sexual conflict...
  55. ncbi A self-consistent approach to paternity and parental effort
    Alasdair I Houston
    School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Woodland Road, BS8 1UG, UK
    Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 357:351-62. 2002
    ..It is easy to construct models that predict negative correlations between effort and paternity...
  56. ncbi Relating paternity to paternal care
    Ben C Sheldon
    EGI, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, OX1 3PS, UK
    Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 357:341-50. 2002
    ..My conclusion is that although there are some cases where the models have qualitative support, we are a long way from understanding whether paternal care is commonly adjusted in relation to certainty of paternity...
  57. ncbi Why is mutual mate choice not the norm? Operational sex ratios, sex roles and the evolution of sexually dimorphic and monomorphic signalling
    Hanna Kokko
    Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
    Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 357:319-30. 2002
    ..This divergence is prevented, and mutual mate choice maintained, if synergistic benefits of biparental care render parental investment both high and not too different in the two sexes...
  58. ncbi Male-only care and classical polyandry in birds: phylogeny, ecology and sex differences in remating opportunities
    Ian P F Owens
    Department of Biological Sciences and NERC Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College at Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY, UK
    Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 357:283-93. 2002
    ..This in turn suggests that sex differences in remating opportunities are the key ecological factor in determining male-only care and classical polyandry in birds...
  59. ncbi Phylogenetic reconstruction of parental-care systems in the ancestors of birds
    Birgitta S Tullberg
    Department of Zoology, University of Stockholm, S 106 91, Sweden
    Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 357:251-7. 2002
    ..We suggest that the phylogenetic pattern should be used as a starting point for a more detailed analysis of parental care systems in birds and their relatives...
  60. ncbi The evolution of avian parental care
    Nancy Tyler Burley
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine 92697 2525, USA
    Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 357:241-50. 2002
    ..In stage IV, altriciality coevolved with increasing biparental care, resulting in social monogamy. Approaches for testing behavioural hypotheses are suggested...
  61. ncbi Potential mechanisms of avian sex manipulation
    Thomas W Pike
    Evolution and Behaviour Research Group, School of Biology, Henry Wellcome Building, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4HH, UK
    Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 78:553-74. 2003
    ..The ideas outlined in this review provide good starting points for testing the hypotheses both experimentally (behaviourally and physiologically) and theoretically...
  62. ncbi Mothers, not fathers, determine the delayed onset of male carrying in Goeldi's monkey (Callimico goeldii)
    Carsten Schradin
    Anthropologisches Institut und Museum, Universitat Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
    J Hum Evol 45:389-99. 2003
    ..We suggest that one ultimate explanation for that delay might be increased infant mortality when infant transfer starts at an earlier stage...
  63. ncbi Reproduction: the adaptive significance of endothermy
    C G Farmer
    Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
    Am Nat 162:826-40. 2003
  64. ncbi Fathers' behavior during their child's ambulatory surgery
    Jocelyne Tourigny
    School of Nursing, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
    Issues Compr Pediatr Nurs 27:69-81. 2004
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  65. ncbi Childhood adversities associated with risk for eating disorders or weight problems during adolescence or early adulthood
    Jeffrey G Johnson
    Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 159:394-400. 2002
    ..A community-based prospective longitudinal study was conducted to investigate the association between childhood adversities and problems with eating or weight during adolescence and early adulthood...
  66. ncbi Quantification of whole brain arginine vasotocin for two Syngnathus pipefishes: elevated concentrations correlated with paternal brooding
    Jennifer L Ripley
    Department of Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
    Fish Physiol Biochem 36:867-74. 2010
    ..study begins to address whether paternal functions for AVT have independently evolved in species in which paternal behavior has evolved...
  67. ncbi Androgen and behavior in the male three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus I.--changes in 11-ketotestosterone levels during the nesting cycle
    Miklós K Páll
    Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, S 106 91, Sweden
    Horm Behav 41:377-83. 2002
    ..cycle of the male three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus, a small teleost showing pronounced paternal behavior. Plasma 11KT levels, measured by radioimmunoassay, were approximately 34 times higher during the initial ..
  68. ncbi Testosterone release and social context: when it occurs and why
    Erin D Gleason
    University of Wisconsin Madison, Department of Psychology, 1202 West Johnson St, Madison, WI 53706, USA
    Front Neuroendocrinol 30:460-9. 2009
    ..and sexual behavior, testosterone impacts other systems instrumental to social behaviors, including paternal behavior and degree of monogamy...
  69. ncbi Neither testosterone levels nor aggression decrease when the male Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) displays paternal behavior
    Luis Juana
    Unidad de Morfología y Función, FES Iztacala, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Tlalnepantla, Edo de Mexico, Mexico
    Horm Behav 57:271-5. 2010
    The first studies that correlated mammalian paternal behavior and testosterone levels indicated that the concentration of this steroid hormone decreases when males exhibit paternal care...
  70. ncbi Elevated 11-ketotestosterone during paternal behavior in the Bluebanded goby (Lythrypnus dalli)
    E W Rodgers
    Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Biology, Georgia State University, PO Box 4010, Atlanta, GA 30303 3088, USA
    Horm Behav 49:610-4. 2006
    The relationship between androgens and paternal behavior is not straightforward, potentially because of the diversity of tasks a male must undertake to maximize reproductive success, notably alternating between courtship, aggression, and ..
  71. ncbi Species differences in V1a receptor gene expression in monogamous and nonmonogamous voles: behavioral consequences
    L J Young
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA
    Behav Neurosci 111:599-605. 1997
    ..memory in rats, scent marking and aggressive behavior in hamsters, and partner preference formation and paternal behavior in monogamous rodents...
  72. ncbi Parental responses to positive and negative emotions in anxious and nonanxious children
    Jennifer L Hudson
    Macquarie University
    J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 37:303-13. 2008
    ..Maternal behavior, but not paternal behavior, was related to the emotion the child was experiencing...
  73. ncbi Marital behavior, parenting behavior, and multiple reports of preschoolers' behavior problems: mediation or moderation?
    C A Frosch
    Department of Family and Human Development, Arizona State University, Tempe 85287 2502, USA
    Dev Psychol 37:502-19. 2001
    ..Associations between marital behavior and child behavior problems were not explained by maternal or paternal behavior; stronger support was found for moderating effects of parenting...
  74. ncbi Impact of fathers on daughters' age at menarche: a genetically and environmentally controlled sibling study
    Jacqueline M Tither
    Department of Psychology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
    Dev Psychol 44:1409-20. 2008
    ..These data suggest that early exposure to disordered paternal behavior, followed by family disruption and residential separation from the father, can lead to substantially earlier ..
  75. ncbi Thai men becoming a first-time father
    Nantaporn Sansiriphun
    Faculty of Nursing, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand
    Nurs Health Sci 12:403-9. 2010
    ..The process of protecting the unborn baby provides insight into the expectant fathers' experiences, which will enable nurses and midwives to assist and care for men as they become fathers...
  76. ncbi Comparison of medial preoptic, amygdala, and nucleus accumbens lesions on parental behavior in California mice (Peromyscus californicus)
    Anna W Lee
    Psychology Department, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 4J1
    Physiol Behav 92:617-28. 2007
    ..These results support a role for the MPOA and BA in both male and female parental behaviors...
  77. ncbi A comparison of behavioral parent training programs for fathers of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
    Gregory A Fabiano
    Department of Counseling, School, and Educational Psychology, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
    Behav Ther 40:190-204. 2009
    ..g., greater attendance and arrival on time at sessions, more homework completion, greater consumer satisfaction). The implications for these findings and father-related treatment efforts are discussed...
  78. ncbi Oxytocin changes primate paternal tolerance to offspring in food transfer
    Atsuko Saito
    Department of Cognitive and Behavioral Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153 8902, Japan
    J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 197:329-37. 2011
    ..However, the relationship between this peptide and paternal behavior in primates remains largely unknown...
  79. ncbi Arginine vasopressin regulation in pre- and postpubertal male rats by the androgen metabolite 3beta-diol
    Toni R Pak
    Dept of Cell Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, 2160 S First Ave, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 296:E1409-13. 2009
    ..In addition to its well-characterized role in osmoregulation, AVP regulates paternal behavior, aggression,circadian rhythms, and the stress response...
  80. ncbi Appropriate methodologies for empirical bioethics: it's all relative
    Jonathan Ives
    Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Primary Care Clinical Sciences, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham
    Bioethics 23:249-58. 2009
    ....
  81. ncbi Unpacking the association: Individual differences in the relation of prenatal exposure to cigarettes and disruptive behavior phenotypes
    Lauren S Wakschlag
    Department of Medical Social Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
    Neurotoxicol Teratol 33:145-54. 2011
    ..In conjunction with prior research, protective effects of parental responsiveness occurring as late as adolescence point to the potential benefit of parenting-based prevention efforts to reduce risk to exposed offspring...
  82. ncbi Temporal and individual variation in offspring provisioning by tree swallows: a new method of automated nest attendance monitoring
    Alexandra P Rose
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
    PLoS ONE 4:e4111. 2009
    ....
  83. ncbi Comments to K.E. Wynne-Edwards and M.E. Timonin 2007. Paternal care in rodents: Weakening support of hormonal regulation of the transition to behavioral fatherhood in rodent animal models of biparental care, Horm & Behav 52: 114-121
    Carsten Schradin
    Horm Behav 52:557-9; author reply 560. 2007
  84. ncbi Individual benefits of nestling begging: experimental evidence for an immediate effect, but no evidence for a delayed effect
    C Kate M Lessells
    Netherlands Institute of Ecology, NIOO KNAW, PO Box 40, 6666 ZG Heteren, The Netherlands
    Biol Lett 7:336-8. 2011
    ..We have thus demonstrated an immediate individual benefit to begging, but found no evidence of a delayed individual benefit in this species...
  85. ncbi Adjusting to being a father to an infant born prematurely: experiences from Swedish fathers
    Birgitta Lindberg
    Division of Nursing, Department of Health Sciences, Lulea University of Technology, Lulea, Sweden
    Scand J Caring Sci 22:79-85. 2008
    ..The results of this study have implications for nurses working with families who have children born prematurely...
  86. ncbi Bed sharing among mother-infant pairs in Klang district, Peninsular Malaysia and its relationship to breast-feeding
    Kok Leong Tan
    Department of Community Medicine, International Medical University, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    J Dev Behav Pediatr 30:420-5. 2009
    ..The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of mother-infant bed sharing in Klang district, Peninsular Malaysia and to identify factors associated with bed sharing...
  87. ncbi Support during labour: first-time fathers' descriptions of requested and received support during the birth of their child
    Caroline Bäckström
    School of Life Sciences, University of Skovde, Gullhönevägen 15, 541 65 Skövde, Sweden
    Midwifery 27:67-73. 2011
    ..to explore how first-time fathers describe requested and received support during a normal birth...
  88. ncbi Osmoregulatory role of the paternal brood pouch for two Syngnathus species
    Jennifer L Ripley
    Department of Biology, West Virginia University, 53 Campus Drive, PO Box 6057, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
    Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 154:98-104. 2009
    ..Overall, this examination furthers our understanding of syngnathid brood pouch physiology and offers insight into the evolution of paternal care in these fishes...
  89. ncbi Relationship between reversed sexual dimorphism, breeding investment and foraging ecology in a pelagic seabird, the masked booby
    Henri Weimerskirch
    Centre d Etudes Biologiques de Chize, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 79360 Villiers en Bois, France
    Oecologia 161:637-49. 2009
    ..In masked boobies, division of labour appears to be maximal during chick rearin-g-the most energy-demanding period--and may be related to evolution of RSD...
  90. ncbi Aromatase inhibition during adolescence reduces adult sexual and paternal behavior in the biparental dwarf hamster Phodopus campbelli
    Mary E Timonin
    Department of Biology, Queen s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
    Horm Behav 54:748-57. 2008
    Previous studies have failed to identify an activational role for estradiol in the paternal behavior of Phodopus campbelli fathers...
  91. ncbi Men's psychological transition to fatherhood: an analysis of the literature, 1989-2008
    Lucia Genesoni
    Department of Psychology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
    Birth 36:305-18. 2009
    ..The aim was to investigate men's psychological transition to fatherhood from pregnancy of the partner through the infant's first year of life...
  92. ncbi Prenatal and postnatal cocaine exposure predict teen cocaine use
    Virginia Delaney-Black
    The Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201, USA
    Neurotoxicol Teratol 33:110-9. 2011
    ..These data provide further evidence of the importance of prenatal exposure, family and community factors in the intergenerational transmission of teen/young adult substance abuse/use...
  93. ncbi Neonatal hair nicotine levels and fetal exposure to paternal smoking at home
    Moon Woo Seong
    Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Cancer Center, Goyang, Korea
    Am J Epidemiol 168:1140-4. 2008
    ..Conversely, findings show that paternal smoking outside the home prevents the mother and her fetus from being exposed to ETS...
  94. ncbi Sexual or paternal experiences alter alloparental behavior and the central expression of ERalpha and OT in male mandarin voles (Microtus mandarinus)
    Zhenzhen Song
    Institute of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi an, Shaanxi 710062, China
    Behav Brain Res 214:290-300. 2010
    ..This study reveals important initiation factors for male alloparental behavior and suggests a relationship between alloparental behavior and central OT expression in males...
  95. ncbi A key ecological trait drove the evolution of biparental care and monogamy in an amphibian
    Jason L Brown
    Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
    Am Nat 175:436-46. 2010
    ..In total, this evidence constitutes the most complete documentation to date that a single ecological factor drove the evolution of biparental care and genetic and social monogamy in an animal...
  96. ncbi Airway covering during bed-sharing
    H Ball
    Parent Infant Sleep Lab and Medical Anthropology Research Group, Department of Anthropology, Durham University, Durham, UK
    Child Care Health Dev 35:728-37. 2009
    ..To further understand the role of airway covering and compression in creating risks for bed-sharing infants, we report here on a sleep-lab trial of two infant sleep conditions...
  97. ncbi Comparison of problematic behaviours of 10th and 11th year Southern English adolescents. Part 2: Current drink, drug and sexual activity of children with smoking parents
    Malcolm Cox
    School of Medicine, University of Southampton, Institute of Health and Community Studies, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth BH, United Kingdom
    Int J Adolesc Med Health 19:141-53. 2007
    ..SF do not "cause" the behaviour rather it reflects something of the nature of the adolescent's relationship to parents, school and society...
  98. ncbi Paternal involvement in the management of pediatric chronic diseases: associations with adherence, quality of life, and health status
    Tim Wysocki
    Center for Pediatric Psychology Research, Nemours Children s Clinic at Jacksonville, Florida 32207, USA
    J Pediatr Psychol 31:501-11. 2006
    ..This article reports associations among paternal involvement in pediatric chronic disease management and child outcomes...
  99. ncbi Hormonal changes related to paternal and alloparental care in common marmosets (Callithrix jacchus)
    Maria Teresa da Silva Mota
    Departamento de Fisiologia, Centro de Biociencias, UFRN, Campus Universitario, Natal, Brazil
    Horm Behav 49:293-302. 2006
    ....
  100. ncbi Sex differences in ultrasonic vocalizations and coordinated movement in the California mouse (Peromyscus californicus)
    Sandra L Wright
    Psychology Department, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4J1
    Behav Processes 65:155-62. 2004
    ..Results from Experiment 1 provided some support for Geyer's (1981) hypothesis and results from Experiment 2 did not support the hypothesis that the main function of USVs in California mouse pups was to elicit parental care...
  101. ncbi Proximate mechanisms of reproductive monopolization in male moustached tamarins (Saguinus mystax)
    Maren Huck
    Abteilung Soziobiologie, Deutsches Primatenzentrum Göttingen, D 37077 Gottingen, Germany
    Am J Primatol 64:39-56. 2004
    ..While we did not obtain direct evidence for energy costs in terms of increased energy expenditure or decreased food intake, we found that consorting males are more conspicuous and therefore may be more vulnerable to predators...

Research Grants77

  1. Regulators of Male Parental Care
    Toni Ziegler; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..With the development of parenting behavioral assays, the marmoset has the potential to be an ideal model system for studying parental care in primates and providing insights into the human condition. ..
  2. Functional Neuroanatomy of Maternal & Paternal Behavior
    JEFFREY LORBERBAUM; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..As rodent paternal behavior appears to involve similar brain regions to that of maternal behavior, we expect fathers will show increased ..
  3. The Neural Basis of Sexually Dimorphic Brain Function
    GEERT DE VRIES; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..of its theme, this project will increase the little knowledge currently available on the neural control of paternal behavior as well as clarify the role of sex differences in the brain...
  4. The Neural Basis of Sexually Dimorphic Brain Function
    GEERT DE VRIES; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..virtue of its theme, this project will increase what little knowledge is available on the neural control of paternal behavior as well as on the role of sex differences in the brain...
  5. The Role of Septal V1aR Density in Regulating Social Behavior
    LISA MCGRAW; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..will be tested and compared to controls for their propensity to form a partner preference and to engage in paternal behavior. Second, a selective breeding strategy will be used to determine whether V1aR density in the LS is a major ..
  6. NEURAL BASIS OF SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC BRAIN FUNCTION
    GEERT DE VRIES; Fiscal Year: 2000
    ..By studying the neural basis of paternal behavior, this study develops a new theme in the field of behavioral neuroendocrinology, because virtually nothing is ..
  7. Parent Intervention for Drug-Abusing Fathers
    Thomas McMahon; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..abstract_text> ..
  8. Improving parenting capacity to promote safe driving for adolescents with ADHD
    Gregory A Fabiano; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ....
  9. Neurobiological Mechanisms of Social Bonding in a Monogamous Primate
    Karen Bales; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..This is relevant to the study of disorders of social bonding such as autism. ..
  10. Parent Training for Fathers of Children with ADHD
    GREGORY FABIANO; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ....
  11. Neurobiological Mechanisms of Social Bonding in a Monogamous Primate
    Karen L Bales; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..This is relevant to the study of disorders of social bonding such as autism. ..
  12. Dopamine regulates drug and social reward interactions
    Zuoxin Wang; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ..abstract_text> ..
  13. Maternal Availability and Postnatal Brain Development
    Karen Parker; Fiscal Year: 2005
    ..This animal model provides valuable insights on a basic process in human development, insofar as early emotional challenges foster adaptations useful later in life. ..
  14. Teens at Risk: Prenatal Cocaine and Postnatal Challenges
    Virginia Delaney Black; Fiscal Year: 2009
    ....
  15. Massaging Preterm Infants Enhances Growth
    Tiffany Field; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..abstract_text> ..
  16. Prenatal Cocaine Exposure: Adolescent Follow-up
    Deborah Frank; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Such data can inform clinical interventions and public policy choices for care of youngsters with IUCE from infancy to adolescence. ..
  17. Predictors of Adolescent Girls Physical Activity
    KIRSTEN DAVISON; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..Such information is essential to designing effective prevention programs that promote recommended levels of physical activity during adolescence. ..
  18. Avian models for aging: telomeres and oxidative damage
    Carol Vleck; Fiscal Year: 2003
    ..abstract_text> ..
  19. COCAINE EXPOSURE IN UTERO--ELEMENTARY SHCOOL FOLLOWUP
    Deborah Frank; Fiscal Year: 1999
    ..This data can inform public policy choices for care of cocaine exposed elementary school children nationwide. ..
  20. Continuous Glucose Sensors in Youth: Biobehavioral Study
    Nelly Mauras; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..The project results will enhance clinical adoption of CGS technology. ..