Fathers: Forgotten Contributors to Child Development.

Lamb, M. E.

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ERIC Number: EJ141689

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Publication Date: 1975

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Fathers: Forgotten Contributors to Child Development

Lamb, M. E.

Human Development, 18, 4, 245-266, 75

Theoretical and research literature on the role of fathers in childhood development is reviewed. It is suggested that fathers may play an important but qualitatively different role in socialization than mothers and various research designs are suggested to test this hypothesis. (GO)

Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Fathers, Identification (Psychology), Infants, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Personality Development, Sex Role, Socialization, Young Children

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