Fathers as primary caregivers /
By: Geiger, Brenda.
Series: Contributions in family studies, no. 17.Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1996Description: xx, 143 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0313299196 (alk. paper); 9780313299193 :.Subject(s): Father and infant | Mother and infant | Parent and infant | Attachment behavior | Child care -- Psychological aspects | Sex role | Father-Child Relations | Mother-Child Relations | Child Care -- psychology | Gender Identity | Parenthood FathersDDC classification: 155.6462Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Withdrawn | 155.6462 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0035412 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-137) and index.
Theoretical background on father-infant attachment -- Literature review on father-infant interaction -- Methodology -- Results -- Discussion: primary caregiving fathers and egalitarian upbringing.
This study examines the unique and interactive effects of the gender of the caregiver and the primacy of the caregiver role on parent-infant interaction. It challenges sex-role stereotypes and suggests benefits of modelling a more egalitarian upbringing.