Multiple attachments and the role of the father
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- Created on: 17-05-16 10:14
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- & The Role of the Father
- Multiple Attachments
- Children form multiple attachments, emotional bonds with several people
- Importance of these attachments?
- NOT IMPORTANT
- Suggested by Bowlby (theory of monotropy)
- Believed that children had one prime attachment
- & attachments to other people = minor importance compared to their main attachment bond
- Believed that children had one prime attachment
- Suggested by Bowlby (theory of monotropy)
- IMPORTANT
- Suggested by Rutter(1995)
- Proposed a model of multiple attachments
- that saw all attachments as equal importance
- these attachments combining together to help form a child's internal working model
- Proposed a model of multiple attachments
- Suggested by Rutter(1995)
- NOT IMPORTANT
- Importance of these attachments?
- Multiple attachments = formed to different people for different purposes
- e.g. Mother = loving care vs. father = exciting un-predictable play + to grandparents, siblings and baby sitters
- "The formation of emotional bonds with many carers"
- Children form multiple attachments, emotional bonds with several people
- ESSAY Q: "RESEARCH INTO THE ROLE OF THE FATHER"
- Traditionally fathers have been less likely to be the primary attachment figure & play secondary attachment roles
- REASONS
- Schaffer & Emerson suggest that this is due to them playing traditional roles as the bread earner
- Some would argue males are biologically unstable to raise children
- = less psychologically eqipped to form close bonds.. unlike the mother
- The role of the father is affected by culture and societies gender stereotypes
- As it is seen as feminine to be sensitive to the needs of children --> encouraging masculine behaviour
- HOWEVER
- Change in society
- It is the norm for mothers to have jobs
- 2013: 5.3 million British mothers= employed
- 9% of British single parents = male
- Men = have a bigger role in parenting
- It is the norm for mothers to have jobs
- Bowlby believed that a child's primary attachment could, in some cases be the father
- Change in society
- Many researchers have seen the father less as a CAREGIVER, but more of a PLAYMATE
- As fathers play is more physical, unpredictable and exciting than mothers'
- Mothers traditionally = show sensitive responsiveness
- Geiger (1996)
- p.108 - Lamb (1987)
- As fathers play is more physical, unpredictable and exciting than mothers'
- REASONS
- *Compare with mother*
- Multiple Attachments
- 2) Type of attachment with own parents
- single parent fathers form attachments w/ child as they had w/ their parents
- 3) Marital Intimacy
- Relationship with partner affects relationship with child
- 4) Supportive co-parenting
- The amount of support a father gives to his partner in helping care for children affects the type of attachment he will have with his children
- 4) Supportive co-parenting
- Relationship with partner affects relationship with child
- 3) Marital Intimacy
- single parent fathers form attachments w/ child as they had w/ their parents
- secure attachments = fathers who show more sensitivity to their children's needs
- 1) Degree of sensitivity
- Important Factors that affect the relationship between fathers and children
- 2) Type of attachment with own parents
- single parent fathers form attachments w/ child as they had w/ their parents
- 3) Marital Intimacy
- Relationship with partner affects relationship with child
- 4) Supportive co-parenting
- The amount of support a father gives to his partner in helping care for children affects the type of attachment he will have with his children
- 4) Supportive co-parenting
- Relationship with partner affects relationship with child
- 3) Marital Intimacy
- single parent fathers form attachments w/ child as they had w/ their parents
- 1) Degree of sensitivity
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