The Uniqueness of the Child-Father Attachment Relationship: Fathers' Sensitive and Challenging Play as a Pivotal Variable in a 16-Year Longitudinal Study.

Grossmann, Karin; Grossmann, Klaus, E.; Fremmer-Bombik, Elisabeth; Kindler, Heinz; Scheuerer-English, Hermann; Zimmermann, Peter

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ERIC Number: EJ659740

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Publication Date: 2002

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The Uniqueness of the Child-Father Attachment Relationship: Fathers' Sensitive and Challenging Play as a Pivotal Variable in a 16-Year Longitudinal Study.

Grossmann, Karin; Grossmann, Klaus, E.; Fremmer-Bombik, Elisabeth; Kindler, Heinz; Scheuerer-English, Hermann; Zimmermann, Peter

Social Development, v11 n3 p307-31 2002

Explored fathers' specific contribution to their children's attachment representation at various ages. Found fathers' play sensitivity to be a better predictor of the child's long-term attachment representation than the early infant-father security of attachment. (Author)

Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Child Behavior, Children, Emotional Development, Fathers, Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Parent Child Relationship, Play, Toddlers

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Germany

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