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ERIC Number: EJ551010
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-3920
In Search of the Absent Father--Meta-Analyses of Infant-Father Attachment: A Rejoinder to Our Discussants.
van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.; De Wolff, Marianne S.
Child Development, v68 n4 p604-09 Aug 1997
Presents meta-analysis evidence of the association between paternal sensitivity and infant-father attachment from eight studies with 546 families (combined effect size r = 0.13). A meta-analysis of 950 families from 14 studies found an overall correlation of 0.17 between infant-mother and infant-father attachment. Presents a data-based model of attachment within the family system. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Fathers, Infants, Meta Analysis, Models, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Theories
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Family Systems Theory; Security of Attachment
Note: Responds to commentaries by van den Boom (PS 526 987), Thompson (PS 526 988), Belsky (PS 526 989), and Cowan (PS 526 990) on article (PS 526 986) in this issue.