The developmental origins and the longitudinal consequences of the infant-father
attachment bond have been studied a number of times, but for the child-father attachment …

This longitudinal study of forty‐four families explored fathers' as compared to mothers'
specific contribution to their children's attachment representation at ages 6, 10, and 16 …

This paper provides a brief history of attachment research on fathers as a backdrop against
which the other contributions to this volume can be viewed. Empirical research on child …

We are pleased to introduce this Special Issue of Attachment and Human Development on
“Fathers from an Attachment Perspective.” Recent conceptual advances and increasing …

Children's socioemotional development is child as well as parent driven. Yet, transactional
frameworks are rarely applied to studies of father–child relations. This study examined …

This book is the first of its kind to focus specifically on children's attachment to fathers, and
explores the connections among fathering, family dynamics, and attachment relationships. It …

This study investigated father-child relationships by recording fathers' level of involvement
and by examining the quality of this relationship through attachment behaviors, play …

Positive perceptions of fathering are consistently and significantly associated with caregiving
activities, paternal warmth, nurturing activities, physical care, and cognitively stimulating …

While research in the area of mother-child attachment and its correlates, consequences, and
sequelae related to child development has produced a plethora of empirically meaningful …

2 hildren of involved fathers are more likely to become educationally mobile young adults
with higher levels of economic and educational achievement, career success, occupational …