Attachment: The role of the father Flashcards
Which role is neglected in attachment of babies?
Father role
What did Grossman et al study + what kind of study?
- Longitudinal study
- Studied how babies attached into adolescence
What did Grossman et al find?
Quality of attachment with mothers and quality of father’s play
- both related to quality of attachments in adolescence
Who conducted a meta-analysis study?
- What did she say
Amodia-Bidakowska
- Father spend significant time in playful interactions including ROUGH AND TUMBLE
What did Amodia-Bidakowska find?
- The frequency of father’s play initiate up to preschool
- Their play contributes to social, emotional, and cognitive outcomes (SEC outcomes)
What did Field do?
Filmed 4 month old babies
What did Field find?
- Primary caregivers father doing the same actions as primary caregiver mother (e.g. smiling and holding) can stimulate attachment formation
In Field’s study, what is formed when fathers spend more time smiling and holding (reciprocity & synchrony), as a primary caregiver mother would usually do?
Attachment formation
What did McCallum & Gollumbok find? (AO3)
That children from single mothers and lesbian families do not develop differently from heterosexual families.
- Because single mothers and lesbian families adopt a distinctive father role within their own families.
Conclusion of Jones, Foley, and Golombok’s research
- The findings revealed that there were no differences in the quality of parenting and in the child’s behaviour between the groups (mother is primary caregiver, father is primary caregiver, and both are dual earners)
Schaffer & Emmerson
- Majority of babies attach to mothers in first _____ months
Majority of babies attach to mothers in first 7 months
percentage of development at this stage- FATHER’S 1ST OBJECT OF ATTACHMENT
3%
percentage of development at this stage- FATHER’S JOINT OBJECT OF ATTACHMENT
27%
percentage of development at this stage- BABIES HAD FROMED AN ATTACHMENT TO THEIR FATHERS AT 18 MONTHS
75%
Fathers as primary attachment figures means that?
Fathers also adapt to emotional role required of them
Which researcher found that primary caregiver fathers doing the same actions as primary caregiver mother (e.g. smiling and holding) can stimulate attachment formation?
Field
Which researchers found out that there were no differences in the quality of parenting and in the child’s behaviour between the groups (mother is primary caregiver, father is primary caregiver, and both are dual earners)
Jones, Foley, & Golombok
Which researchers found out that children from single mothers and lesbian families do not develop differently from heterosexual families because single mothers and lesbian families adopt a distinctive father role within their own families.
McCallum & Gollumbok
