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attachment figures - Coggle Diagram
attachment figures
evaluation
limitation - there are inconsistent findings on fathers. different researchers are interested in different questions, some the role as a secondary caregiver and some as primary. this is a problem as psychologists cannot answer the question 'what is the role of the father?'
fathers tend not to become primary caregivers due to traditional gender roles as women are expected to be more nurturing than men. also it could be that female hormones such as oestrogen create higher levels of nurturing therefore women are biologically predisposed to be the primary attachment figure (Taylor et al)
research into mother infant interaction may be socially sensitive due to the fact that it suggests that children may be disadvantaged by child care practices such as the mother returning to work shortly after giving birth
role of father
secondary carer
Grossman
longitudinal study looking at both parents behaviour and its relationship to the quality of children's attachment into their teens
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quality of the fathers play with infants was related to the quality of adolescent attachments - fathers have different role in attachment - play and stimulation rather than nurturing
primary caregiver
Field
filmed 4 month old babies in face to face interaction with primary care giver mothers, secondary caregiver fathers and primary caregiver fathers.
primary caregiver fathers spent more time smiling, imitating and holding the infants than secondary caregivers
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parent infant attachment
Schaffer and Emerson
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within a few weeks or months they formed secondary attachments to other members of the family usually their father
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