ATTACHMENT : Role of the Father

Question 1

most attachment research focuses on

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mother and baby attchment

Question 2

the role of the father in the developmentof atachment is often

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neglected

Question 3

However there is research on the specific ,

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roles fathers play in development

Question 4

Tell me about the disclaimer about the ‘father’

it doesnt specifically refer to

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doesn’t specifically refer to the babies biological father but rather the babies closest male caregiver

Question 5

What is the most basic question about the role of the father in attachment.

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whether babies actually attach to tehm and if so when

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What does available evidence suggest about fathers and their likelihood for attahcment

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fathers less likely to become baby’ first attachment figure compared to mother’s

Question 7

Schaffer and Emerson found that the majority of babies first became attahced to their x at x montsh

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babies first became attached to their mothers at 7 months

Question 8

S&E In how many cases was the father the sole object of attachment

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3%

Question 9

In how many cases was the father the joint first object of attachment with the mother

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27%

Question 10

However it appears that most fathers go on to become

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important attachment figures

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what % of babies formed an attachment with who by what age

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75% of babies formd an attachment with their father by 18 months of age

Question 12

75% of babies formed an attachment with their father by 18 years old - how was this determined

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fact babies protested when their father walked away- a sign of attahcment - seperation anxiety?

(from schaffer and emerson study)

Question 13

DISTINCTIVE ROLE FOR FATHERS - whats the other research question

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whether a father’s attachment holds specific value in a childs development

if so whether it plays different role in a child’s development in attahcmen to mother

Question 14

DISTINCTIVE ROLE FOR FATHERS - what type of study did Grossman et al carry out

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longitudinal

Question 15

DISTINCTIVE ROLE FOR FATHERS - what did grossman et al study

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babies attachments until they were in their teens

Question 16

DISTINCTIVE ROLE FOR FATHERS - what did researchers from grossman et al look at

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parent’s behaviour

and it’s relationship to quality of baby’s later attachments to others

Question 17

DISTINCTIVE ROLE FOR FATHERS - what did grossman et al find

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quality of baby’s attachment with mother but not father was related to attachment in adolescence

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DISTINCTIVE ROLE FOR FATHERS - what does the finding that ‘a baby’s attachmento motehr but not father was related to attachment in adolescence’ mean

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attachment to father less important than that to mothers

Question 19

DISTINCTIVE ROLE FOR FATHERS - what else did Grossman et al find to do with fathers

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quality of play with babies related to quality of adolescent attachments

Question 20

DISTINCTIVE ROLE FOR FATHERS - grossman et al found that ‘quality of fathers play with babies related to quality of attchment in adolescence’ what does this suggest

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fathers have different role from mothers

one thats more to do with play and stimulation rather than emotional development

Question 21

FATHERS AS PRIMARY ATTACHMENT FIGURES - There is a distinction between

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primary and secondary attachment figures

Question 22

FATHERS AS PRIMARY ATTACHMENT FIGURES - Why is their more to the primary caregiver role than just being first

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a baby’s primary attchment has sprecial emotional significance

Question 23

FATHERS AS PRIMARY ATTACHMENT FIGURES - a baby’s primary attachment forms …

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basis of later close emotional relationships

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FATHERS AS PRIMARY ATTACHMENT FIGURES - interstingly there is evidence to suggest that when fathers do take on the role of a primary caregiver….

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they’re able to adopt the emotional role typically associated with mothers

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FATHERS AS PRIMARY ATTACHMENT FIGURES - in one study tiffany field ..

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filmed 4 month olds in face2 face interactions

with primary caregiver mothers , primary father caregivers and secondary caregiver fathers

Question 26

FATHERS AS PRIMARY ATTACHMENT FIGURES - primary carregiver mothers and fathers spent more time ..?

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smiling, imitating and holding babies than secondary caregiver fathers

Question 27

FATHERS AS PRIMARY ATTACHMENT FIGURES - smiling, reciprocity and holding are all a part of

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reciprocity and interactional synchrony - all a part of forming attachment

Question 28

FATHERS AS PRIMARY ATTACHMENT FIGURES - so it seems fathers have the potential to be

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the more emotion focused primary attachment figure

Question 29

FATHERS AS PRIMARY ATTACHMENT FIGURES - so why does it seem that fathers have the potential to be the more emotional focused primary attachment figure

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able to provide responsiveness needed for close emotional attachment

only expressed when given role of a primary caregiver