@article{ref1,
title="Paternal Involvement and Infant-Father Attachment: A Q-Set Study",
journal="Fathering",
year="2004",
author="Caldera, Yvonne",
volume="2",
number="2",
pages="191-210",
abstract="The primary purpose of this report was to investigate the correlates of attachment security with fathers and the concordance of mother-infant and father-infant attachment as measured by the Attachment Q-set (AQS, Waters, 1987). Sixty fathers and mothers of 14-month old infants independently described their child using the 90-item AQS and completed questionnaires about their involvement in and attitudes toward child-rearing and self-esteem. Mother-child interactions were observed in a play situation. Fathers reporting greater engagement in child caretaking activities described their children as more securely attached. Significant concordance between parents' AQS was obtained; however, this concordance was not due to generalization of interaction patterns across parents. That is, observed maternal sensitivity predicted maternal but not paternal security scores from the AQS.   <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1537-6680",
doi="10.3149/fth.0202.191",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3149/fth.0202.191"
}