AO1 - Multiple attachments

• Shaffer and Emersons research found that infants form multiple attachments around 10-11 months.
• By the age of 18 months only 13% of infants had a single attachment.
• By 18 months 13% of infants had 5 or more attachments.
• Fathers have been shown to adopt a more play-mate role than mothers.
• Schaffer & Emerson (1964) found that 75% of infants formed a significant attachment with their father by 18 months old.
• Grossman (2002) conducted a longitudinal study of 44 families comparing the role of fathers’ & mothers’ contribution to their children's attachment experiences at 6, 10 and 16 years.
• Grossman (2002) state that the quality of the attachment between infants and their fathers was based on the time they spent together.
• Field (1978) studied face-to-face interactions through video footage with infants at 4 months of age.
• Field (1978) found that fathers as primary caregivers acted in the same way as mothers as primary caregivers.