The father's role in the socialization of his infant

Although research on fathers and infants increased dramatically during the past decade, it did so largely in a theoretical vacuum. Theories of development emphasize mother-infant relationships, with little attention, if any, given to father-infant relationships. As a result, studies of father-infant interactions tend to replicate procedures that have been used in mother-infant research. While useful, mimicking mother-infant research paradigms may blind investigators to salient aspects of development that are unique to and critical for father-infant relationships. In traditional families, study of mother-father-infant triadic interactions may reveal more useful information about the father's role in infant socialization, than the study of father-infant dyadic interactions. However, the study of triadic interactions may yield little useful information about father-infant interaction in the single parent family. Until a number of methodological issues are resolved, the literature on the father's role in the socialization of his infant must be interpreted cautiously.

Developmental psychology · Socialization · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Psychology · Social Psychology

• Cultural and Psychological Influences on the Father's Role in Infant Development

  J Kevin Nugent•Journal of Marriage and the Family•1991

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• Fathers and infants

  Open Access•Hiram E Fitzgerald, Tammy L Mann et al.•Infant Mental Health Journal•1999

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• Marital satisfaction, parenting satisfaction, and parenting behavior in early infancy

  Open Access•Timothy L Goth-Owens, Gary E Stollak et al.•Infant Mental Health Journal•1982

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• Developmental Research, Public Policy, and the Ecology of Childhood

  Urie Bronfenbrenner•Child Development•1974

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• Father-Infant and Mother-Infant Interaction in the First Year of Life

  Michael E Lamb•Child Development•1977

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• And Daddy Makes Three

  K Alison Clarke‐stewart, K Alison Clarke-Stewart•Child Development•1978

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• Interactions between Two-Year-Olds and Their Mothers and Fathers

  Open Access•Michael E Lamb•Psychological Reports•1976

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• The sociability of two-year-olds with their mothers and fathers

  Open Access•Michael E Lamb•Child Psychiatry & Human…•1975

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• Parent-infant interaction in 8-month-olds

  Open Access•Michael E Lamb•Child Psychiatry & Human…•1976

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• Coping with fatherhood

  Open Access•Richard Gilman, David Knox•Child Psychiatry & Human…•1976

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• Reaching high risk infants via their high risk fathers

  Open Access•Paulette Bromberg•Infant Mental Health Journal•1980

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• Father, mother, and stranger as elicitors of attachment behaviors in infancy

  Leslie J Cohen, Joseph J Campos•Developmental Psychology•1974

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• Twelve-month-olds and their parents

  Michael E Lamb•Developmental Psychology•1976

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• Interaction behaviors of primary versus secondary caretaker fathers

  Tiffany Field•Developmental Psychology•1978

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• Sex differences in toddlers' behavior and parental reaction

  Beverly I Fagot•Developmental Psychology•1974

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• Mother–father–infant interaction

  J Belsky•Developmental Psychology•1979

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• Separation protest in infants in home and laboratory

  Gillian Ro, Gail Ross et al.•Developmental Psychology•1975

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• Father interaction and separation protest

  Elizabeth S Spelke, Elizabeth Spelke et al.•Developmental Psychology•1973

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• Separation protest in Guatemalan infants

  Barry M Lester, Milton Kotelchuch et al.•Developmental Psychology•1974

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• Effects of stress and cohort on mother- and father-infant interaction

  Michael E Lamb•Developmental Psychology•1976

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• Single Fathers

  Helen A Mendes•The Family Coordinator•1976

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• Role Adjustment of Single Parent Fathers with Dependent Children

  Rita D Gasser, Claribel M Taylor•The Family Coordinator•1976

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• Men's Entrance to Parenthood

  Robert A Fein•The Family Coordinator•1976

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• Father Involvement with First-Born Infants

  Irma Rendina, Irma Esner Rendina et al.•The Family Coordinator•1976

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• The Father's Role in Infancy

  Ross D Parke, Douglas B Sawin•The Family Coordinator•1976

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• Divorced Fathers

  E Mavis Hetherington, Martha J Cox et al.•The Family Coordinator•1976

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• The Father-Infant Relationship

  Lauren Adamson, Lauren B Adamson et al.•Journal of Marriage and the Family•1982

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• Transition to Parenthood by Black Couples

  Daniel F Hobbs, Jane Maynard Wimbish•Journal of Marriage and the Family•1977

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