Attachment Multiple Attachments and Role of Father Flashcards
What did Schaffer and Emerson’s work show?
(3 point)
-that 75% of infants formed attachments with father by 18 months
-infants formed multiple attachments to meet different needs
-traditionally attachment to the mother was for loving care and attachment to the father was for exciting unpredictable play
What did Grossman (2002) do?
-did a longitudinal study where he looked at both parents behaviour and its relationship to the quality of attachments in their teens
-found quality of mum attachment related to attachment in adolesence not fathers , suggests father att less important
What did Bowlby argue?
-that not all att are equal
primary-mother
secondary-father
father acts as an economic provider not a caregiver
What did Rutter argue?
that all attachments are of equal importance
What research is there to support father as a secondary figure?
There is 1!
Geiger 1996-observational study showed fathers play interactions were more exciting and mums more nurturing and the fathers interactions gave greater physical and cog demands
What research is there to support father as primary figure?
There are 3!
(oxytocin-love hormone)
(LSS)
Lamb 1987-found that fathers who became main caregiver quickly developed more sensitivity to childs needs suggesting sensitive responsiveness not a biological ability limited to women
Sethna et al 2017-found at 2 children whos dads were more engaged showed greater cog development
-brought in policies that encourage dads to spend more time with young children
Scatliffe et al 2019-meta analysis showed male and female oxytocin levels were equal
What are the economic implications?
There are 3
fathers staying at home means they contribute less to the economy but consequently more mothers return to work and contribute more
changing laws on paternity leave is government funded and impacts employers
the gender pay gap may be reduced if paternal roles are regarded as more equal
