The role of the father

Question 1

Degree of sensitivity?

Answer 1

more secure attachments to their children are found in fathers who show more sensitivity to their childrens needs

Question 2

Types of attachment with own parents?

Answer 2

tend to form similar attachments with children as to what they had with their own parents

Question 3

Marital intimacy?

Answer 3

degree of intimacy father has with own relationship affects attachment he has with children

Question 4

Supportive co-parenting?

Answer 4

amount of support a father gives his partner in helping to care for children affects type of attachment he has with children

Question 5

What did Geiger say about fathers play interactions and mothers play interactions?

Answer 5

• fathers are exciting and pleasurable

- mothers are nurturing and affectionate

Question 6

What did Bernier & Miljkovitch find in single parent fathers?

Answer 6

their attachments with children aged 4-6 was similar to attachment the father had with their own parent

Question 7

What did Belsky et al find in marital intimacy?

Answer 7

• high levels of marital intimacy related to secure-infant attachments
• low levels of marital intimacy related to insecure-child attachments

Question 8

What did Brown et al assess?

Answer 8

attachment patterns in 68 families with infants aged 12-13 months

Question 9

What did Brown et al find?

Answer 9

high levels of supportive co-parenting were related to secure attachment types

Question 10

Importance of fathers?

Answer 10

• better relationships with peers
• regulate their emotions
• less well in school without father
• provide mothers much needed time away to avoid stress