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The Cinderella Effect: More than a Fairy Tale


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    Colleen Andringa

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Sources Discussed in Video
  • Case, A., & Paxson, C. (2001). Mothers and others: who invests in children's health? Journal of Health Economics, 20, 301-328.
  • Daly, M., & Wilson, M. (1996). Violence against stepchildren. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 5, 77-81.
  • Daly M., & Wilson, M. (2007). Is the "Cinderella effect" controversial? A case study of evolution minded research and critiques thereof. In C. Crawford & D. Krebs, eds., Foundations of evolutionary psychology. Mahwah NJ: Erlbaum.
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More to Explore

  • Daly, M. & Wilson, M. (2001). An assessment of some proposed exceptions to the phenomena of nepotistic discrimination against stepchildren. Annales Zoologici Fennici, 38, 287-296.
  • Daly M, Wilson M (2005) The 'Cinderella Effect' is no fairy tale. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 9, 507-508.
  • Daly, M., & Wilson, M. (n.d.) The "Cinderella Effect": Elevated mistreatment of stepchildren in comparison to those living with genetic parents. http://psych.mcmaster.ca/dalywilson/cinderella%20effect%20facts.pdf
  • Zvoch, K. (1999). Family type and investment in education: A comparison of genetic and stepparent families. Evolution and Human Behavior, 20, 453-464.
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