The current study investigated connections between implicit motives of power and affiliation,
adult attachment styles, and parenting behaviors using self-report and observational data …

Research on adults' self-reported attachment styles, investigated mostly in social and
personality psychology, has rarely been bridged with research on parenting, studied mostly …

This study examined relations between father-child attachment security and both paternal
sensitivity and fathers' pleasure in parenting. At 12 months of age sensitivity was coded from …

The present study examined the mediating role of pleasure in parenting in the link between
fathers' attachment representations and paternal sensitivity among 138 father–infant dyads …

This study investigated links between parent characteristics and daughters' attachment
styles for 90 female undergraduates and their married biological parents. Parents with a …

Guided by attachment theory, this research investigated connections between avoidant
attachment styles and the experience of parenting after the birth of a couple's first child. One …

According to attachment theory (Bowlby in Attachment and loss: vol. 1. Attachment. Basic
Books, New York, 1982), parenting is governed by two behavioral systems—attachment and …

This study examined the likely direction of influence between perceived parental rearing and
attachment type among first grade school children. Measures of perceived parental rearing …

The current study aims to replicate and extend previous research on father–child activation
relationship theory, which suggests that fathers engage in stimulating, challenging, and …

Having a baby is a powerful experience that, according to attachment theory, should activate
the attachment system and elicit attachment needs and motives. The current study …