Involved fathers of preschool children as seen by themselves and their wives: Accounts of attachment, socialization, and companionship

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 229-251

  Bretherton, Inge ^a   Lambert, J David ^b   Golby, Barbara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b EDGEWOOD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Father mother comparison; Fathers as attachment figures; Fathers as companions; Fathers as socializers; Parenting narratives

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD REARING; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENTHOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONTROL; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIALIZATION;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NARRATION; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PARENTING; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIALIZATION; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27744604737     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730500138341     Document Type: Article

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