The role
of the
father
Role
of the
father
Primary attachment
usually with mothers but sometimes both
C1964) 7 months)
Schaffer and Emerson
found that the
majority of babies became attached to their mother
first [ this happens around
31 attachment
in
only Of cases the
father was the
first sole object or
.
.
in 271
of cases the
father was the
joint first object of attachment with the mother
.
.
75-1 secondary attachments with
eventually form gather
.
In 75.1 studied attachment with
babies
formed the 18 months
was the
of father age of
an
by
.
indicated their
this was
by the
fact the babies
protested when
father
walked
away , a
sign of attachment .
A distinctive role the
for father
Grossman C 2002) behaviour its
et at carried out a
longitudinal study looking at
parents and
relationship to the quality of
Childrens attachments into their teens .
This with attachment
research
found that
quality of attachment the
father was less important for adolescent than the
attachment with the mother
quality of
emotional
therefore fathers may be less important in
long - term
development .
However , Grossman et al also
found that the
quality of fathers play with babies was related to quality of adolescent
attachments .
This
different in that is to with simulation and
suggests that
gathers have role attachment one do and
a more
, play
less to do with emotional care .
Fathers can be
primary attachment
figures
some evidence take being main
caregiver they adopt behaviours
suggests that when
fathers do on the role
of the , more
typical of mothers .
11078) like
Field
filmed
4 month old babies and
ground that
primary caregiver fathers , mothers , spent more time
smiling ,
www.tating and holding babies than secondary caregiver fathers
-
behaviours interactional
These are related to
synchrony and the
formation of
an emotional attachment ( Isabella et al
19897
Level response is most important
of
smiling ,
umatating and holding babies Center actionat
synchrony
) are behaviours that are important in
building a
C. emotional
primary attachment with a
baby
.
So it emotional
'
attachment
'
seems the
father can be the more
figure
the key to the attachment relationship is the level
of responsiveness not the
gender of the
parent
.
of the
father
Role
of the
father
Primary attachment
usually with mothers but sometimes both
C1964) 7 months)
Schaffer and Emerson
found that the
majority of babies became attached to their mother
first [ this happens around
31 attachment
in
only Of cases the
father was the
first sole object or
.
.
in 271
of cases the
father was the
joint first object of attachment with the mother
.
.
75-1 secondary attachments with
eventually form gather
.
In 75.1 studied attachment with
babies
formed the 18 months
was the
of father age of
an
by
.
indicated their
this was
by the
fact the babies
protested when
father
walked
away , a
sign of attachment .
A distinctive role the
for father
Grossman C 2002) behaviour its
et at carried out a
longitudinal study looking at
parents and
relationship to the quality of
Childrens attachments into their teens .
This with attachment
research
found that
quality of attachment the
father was less important for adolescent than the
attachment with the mother
quality of
emotional
therefore fathers may be less important in
long - term
development .
However , Grossman et al also
found that the
quality of fathers play with babies was related to quality of adolescent
attachments .
This
different in that is to with simulation and
suggests that
gathers have role attachment one do and
a more
, play
less to do with emotional care .
Fathers can be
primary attachment
figures
some evidence take being main
caregiver they adopt behaviours
suggests that when
fathers do on the role
of the , more
typical of mothers .
11078) like
Field
filmed
4 month old babies and
ground that
primary caregiver fathers , mothers , spent more time
smiling ,
www.tating and holding babies than secondary caregiver fathers
-
behaviours interactional
These are related to
synchrony and the
formation of
an emotional attachment ( Isabella et al
19897
Level response is most important
of
smiling ,
umatating and holding babies Center actionat
synchrony
) are behaviours that are important in
building a
C. emotional
primary attachment with a
baby
.
So it emotional
'
attachment
'
seems the
father can be the more
figure
the key to the attachment relationship is the level
of responsiveness not the
gender of the
parent
.
