multiple attatchments + father

• bowlby suggested:


  the father is most likely to engage in physically active play than the mother and becomes the baby's preferred play companion
• schaffer suggested:


  the majority of babies becomed attatched with the mother from 7 months but the father in 18 months determined by 75% of children protesting when the father left
• grossman suggested:


  the father's play style was linked to their own internal working model of attatchments, they used schemas for their children.

  -fathers have a distinct role as a secondary attatchment figure

  -longitudinal study of 44 families comparing role of mother and fathers contribution to their childs attatchment at different ages
• AO3 - inconsistent findings

  different researchers have different questions:

  • role of fathers as a secondary attatchment figure
  • role of fathers as a primary attatchment figure (take on maternal role)
• AO3 - why arent children without fathers different?

  because fathers have a different role in attatchment contributing to play and stimulation

  -grossman = secondary attatchment figures
• AO3 - why dont fathers usually become primary attatchments?

  a result of traditional gender roles, fathers feel that they shouldnt act nurturing and "feminine"

  OR

  female hormones (oestrogen/oxytocin) create higher levels of nurturing. they are biologically predisposed to be the primary attatchment figure
• AO3 - temporal validity

  they lack temporal validity because they were done a long time ago but now gender role stereotypes and acceptance of other cultures and sexualities are changing (fathers or multiple people often take on the role of primary caregiver