Maternal grandmothers more likely to visit grandchildren
Posted February 27th, 2008 by Tara Murray in FamiliesMaternal grandmothers in the US are more likely to travel to visit their grandchildren than paternal grandparents, according to a study published in Evolutionary Psychology (Population Reference Bureau, Take a Number).
Citation: Thomas V. Pollet, Daniel Nettle, & Mark Nelissen (2007). “Maternal Grandmothers Do Go the Extra Mile: Factoring Distance and Lineage into Differential Contact With Grandchildren.†Evolutionary Psychology 5(4): 832-43. (Available online [PDF]. Evolutionary Psychology is an open access peer-reviewed journal.)
