Attachment - Role Of The Father

Question 1

Father

Answer 1

• The father is anyone who takes on the role of the main male caregiver
• Can be but not necessarily the biological father

Question 2

Distinctive role for fathers

Answer 2

• Quality of babies attachment with mothers but not fathers was related to attachment in teenage years
• Suggests that attachment to fathers is less important than attachment to mothers
• Believed that fathers have a different role from mothers which is to do with play and stimulation rather than comfort and emotional development

Question 3

Fathers as primary caregiver

Answer 3

• Fathers have the potential to be primary caregivers and can provide emotion focused development.
• Can only express this if the father is the primary caregiver and not the secondary caregiver