This paper extends the observations of early mother-infant face-to-face interaction to
situations in which infants 1 to 6 months of age interact with fathers and strangers …

ABSTRACT Parental (parent‐to‐infant) attachment and parenting alliance are defined as
two important components of psychoaffective adjustment to the parental role. This study …

This paper discusses the relative neglect of the role of the father by researchers and parent–
infant psychotherapists. It goes on to describe reasons why the father's role is of …

Despite the knowledge that fathers uniquely contribute to the development of their infants,
relatively few studies have focused on the father–infant relationship during early infancy. In …

Infant‐caregiver relationships are the crucial context for infant development and
psychopathology. Considerable evidence suggests that infants may construct qualitatively …

Family functioning and mother–infant relational patterns were examined in 38 clinic-referred
infants and 34 matched non-referred infants. Referred infants were diagnosed with the …

Infant-parent psychotherapy in the second year of life presents specific challenges related to
the child's developmental characteristics. The concept of projective identification is …

This study investigated the development of the coparenting relationship upon its initiation,
after the transition to parenthood. The coparenting experiences and interactions of 101 …

This paper presents a summary of the Anna Freud Centre-University College London,
Parent-Child Project. Its most important finding was that the security of the infants' …

Bowlby postulated that transactional patterns between caregiver and infant become
internalized by the infant as “internal working models” of self and other in relationship and …