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Attachment and sensitivity in family context: the roles of parent and infant gender

✍ Scribed by Sarah J. Schoppe-Sullivan; Marissa L. Diener; Sarah C. Mangelsdorf; Geoffrey L. Brown; Jean L. McHale; Cynthia A. Frosch

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
141 KB
Volume
15
Category
Article
ISSN
1522-7227

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✦ Synopsis

This study examined the role of child gender in fathers' and mothers' sensitivity to and attachment relationships with their infants from a family systems perspective. Eighty-seven 1-yearolds participated in the Strange Situation with each parent. Parental sensitivity was examined during a competing demands task. Results indicated that fathers and mothers were equally sensitive to sons, but fathers were less sensitive than mothers to daughters, and mothers were more sensitive to daughters than to sons. Although mothers and fathers within the same families were similarly sensitive to daughters and sons, daughters' attachment security with fathers and mothers was similar whereas sons' was not. Further analyses revealed that fathers were more sensitive to sons with an insecure relationship with their mothers. Results of this investigation suggest that child gender is relevant for parent-infant, especially father-infant, attachment relationships.

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