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Father-Child Attachment Relationships

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Although a vast body of work has elucidated the correlates and consequences of mother-child attachment security, relatively less research has focused on the development of father-child attachment. This chapter summarizes the state of the literature on father-child attachment relationships. In particular, we document the parent, child, and socio-contextual predictors of father-child attachment quality, as well as the developmental implications of father-child attachment for children and fathers. We highlight both similarities and differences between mother-child and father-child attachment, as well as associations between father involvement and father-child attachment. Implications for future research and practice targeting early father-child relationships are discussed.

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Brown, G.L., Aytuglu, H.A. (2020). Father-Child Attachment Relationships. In: Fitzgerald, H.E., von Klitzing, K., Cabrera, N.J., Scarano de Mendonça, J., Skjøthaug, T. (eds) Handbook of Fathers and Child Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51027-5_18

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