Role of the Father

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Darylle Raymundo

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  • What is meant with the role of the father mean?
    -> Not necessarily the biological father but the closest male cargiver to the infant
  • Who did a study on Infant Attachment to Fathers?
    -> Shaffer & Emerson
  • Explain Shaffer & Emerson results. (Parent-Infant Attachment)
    -> Majority of Infants first Attachment was to the mother
    - 3% was the father
    - 27% was joint attachment
    -> After a few months the secondary attachment for infants of other family members were formed
    -> 75% after 18 months made an attachment to their father - wold protest when the father walked away
  • Who studied the Role Of the Father?
    Grossman
  • Explain Grossman's study. What did he find?
    -> longitudinal study - observing parent behaviour/ relationship quality with the teens
    >> Mothers infant attachment was related to child's attachment adolescence - suggests father attachment wasn't important
    >> Father's play with infant related to quality of child's attachment in adolescence -> Have another role in PLAY and SIMULATION than nurture and emotional development
  • Who did a study on Fathers as Primary Caregiver?
    Field et al
  • Explain Field's Study.
    -> Filmed 4 months old - face2face interactions with Primary mothers/primary fathers/secondary fathers
    >>Primary fathers spent more time with the infant (like primary mother) - holding smiling - more than the secondary father
    -> Fathers can also take the role of primary caregiver - can be nurturing
    • Key to attachment relationship is the responsiveness and not the GENDER
  • LIMITATION - conflicting evidence
    -> Grossman - suggested fathers as a 2nd attachment have a important/ distinct role in child's development
    > so its expected single mothers/ lesbian parents child will turn out 'different' -> NOT TRUE
    • Questions to 'role of the father' remain unanswered
  • STRENGTH - Real World App.
    -> research in role of the father can offer advice to parents
    >> can give insight to those agonizing over roles as parents - can help them realise if they're ready to be parents or not
    >> reduces stress