Role of the father evaluation
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- Created on: 13-05-18 11:16
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- Role of the father evaluation
- Inconsistent findings on fathers
- Different researchers are interested in different research questions e.g. fathers as a secondary attachment figure vs fathers as a primary attachment figure
- Those interested in fathers as secondary attachment tend to see fathers as acting differently from mothers
- Different researchers are interested in different research questions e.g. fathers as a secondary attachment figure vs fathers as a primary attachment figure
- Children without fathers aren't different
- Grossman found fathers had less important role in children's development. Other research has found children with single parents or same sex parents do not develop any differently to those in a two parents heterosexual family.
- This suggests that the fathers role as a secondary attachment figure is not important
- Grossman found fathers had less important role in children's development. Other research has found children with single parents or same sex parents do not develop any differently to those in a two parents heterosexual family.
- Why don't fathers become the primary attachment figure more often?
- Traditional gender roles expect women to be more caring and nurturing, therefore men may feel they shouldn't act like that
- Female hormones, such as oestrogen, create higher levels of nurturing. Therefore women are biologically pre-disposed to by the primary attachment figure.
- Socially sensitive research
- Research suggests children may be disadvantaged by particular child rearing practices
- Mothers who return to work shortly after birthing a child restrict opportunity for achieving interactional synchrony
- Suggests mothers should not return to work too soon (social and economic implications)
- Inconsistent findings on fathers
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