Predicting preschoolers' attachment security from fathers' involvement, internal working models, and use of social support

Newland, Lisa A.; Coyl, Diana D.; Freeman, Harry

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“…Such findings suggest that fathers, on average, may exhibit a higher threshold to infant distress, but may be more likely to attune to an infant's motivation to explore. Consistent with this view are a number of studies documenting how fathers encourage exploration and risk-taking by engaging young children in games of physical and social play or bonding with older children through shared interests and activities (Bretherton, Lambert, & Golby, 2005;Paquette, 2004;Cabrera et al, 2007;Grossmann et al, 2008;Newland, Coyl, & Freeman, 2008). The initial set of papers in this volume build upon this new work in both theory and measurement to reconsider father attachment as affording more than a cumulative advantage to child development.…”

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2010

Early Child Development and Care

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“…Because fathers tend to engage in more play than caregiving during infancy and the early childhood period, it is believed that this component of the relationship may have more power in predicting security of attachment. Research by Newland, Coyl, and Freeman (2008) found that paternal interaction styles that are physically playful, such as rough-housing play, are more predictive of child-father attachment security than are traditional measures of paternal sensitivity. However, little is known about the impact of paternal play quality on the development of disorganized infant-father attachment.…”

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Exploration of the links among fathers' unresolved states of mind with respect to attachment, atypical paternal behavior, and disorganized infant–father attachment

Madigan¹,

Benoit²,

Boucher³

2011

Infant Mental Health Journal

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Atypical maternal behavior has consistently been identified as a precursor of disorganized infant-mother attachment, but to date, no research has examined the role of atypical paternal behavior in the development of disorganized infant-father attachment. This study aims to enhance our understanding and conceptualization of infant-father attachment by examining the role of fathers' unresolved states of mind and the display of atypical paternal behavior in the development of disorganized infant-father attachment. Thirty-one middle-class couples participated in this study. Maternal and paternal Adult Attachment Interviews (C. George, N. Kaplan, & M. Main, 1996) were completed prenatally and at infant age 6 months, respectively. Infant-mother and infant-father dyads participated in the Strange Situation paradigm (M. Ainsworth, M. Blehar, E. Waters, & S. Wall, 1978) when the infants were 12 and 18 months of age, respectively. The Atypical Maternal Behavior Instrument for Assessment and Classification (E. Bronfman, E. Parsons, & K. Lyons-Ruth, 1999) was used to assess maternal and paternal behavior during the Strange Situation. Maternal states of mind regarding attachment predicted infant-mother attachment relationships, and paternal states of mind predicted infant-father attachment relationships. Atypical maternal behavior was associated with infant-mother disorganized attachment; however, atypical paternal behavior did not predict infant-father disorganized attachment. Thus, it is possible that other factors, yet to be uncovered, might contribute to the development of infant-father disorganized attachment.

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“…Further, youth with disabilities generally have a similar quality of attachment with both mothers and peers, but they have significantly lower attachment with fathers (Abubakar et al 2013). It is interesting to note that research focusing on young children indicates a positive relationship between paternal involvement in the child's caretaking and the quality of father-child attachment (Newland et al 2008). However, during adolescence, individuals with learning disabilities report less secure attachment relationships with both mothers and fathers compared to their typically developing peers (Al-Yagon 2012).…”

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Adolescents with Disabilities

Maxey

Beckert

2016

Adolescent Res Rev

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Adolescents with disabilities face many challenges common to their typically developing peers. However, the ways that they resolve them may differ. The focus of this narrative overview was to summarize results from the disabilities in adolescence literature, highlight common research directions, evaluate the overall big picture of this literature, and draw conclusions based on general interpretations. Evidence suggests that the literature in this field of study is lacking. Suggestions for improvement include increasing the number of studies that focus specifically on adolescence across the various types of disabilities, establishing a theoretical base to anchor research, forming cohesion across disabilities among researchers, and taking a comprehensive approach to intervention studies. By addressing these issues in future research, scholarly knowledge will be increased, but more importantly, the lives of young people with disabilities can be greatly enhanced.

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Predicting preschoolers' attachment security from fathers' involvement, internal working models, and use of social support

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Exploration of the links among fathers' unresolved states of mind with respect to attachment, atypical paternal behavior, and disorganized infant–father attachment

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