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7 Cards in this Set
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Cultural factors |
-men were expected to be breadwinners and not to have direct involvement in their children's care -continues to be sex stereotypes that affect male behaviour -Heermann et al 1994- found that men were indeed less sensitive to infant cues than mothers -Frodi et al 1978- videotapes of infants crying and found no physiological responses of genders |
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Economic factors |
-men have to work miles away from homes or long hours Hands on is impossible Increase in female work force and increase in male domestic work due to shifting labour force patterns - facilitate an attachment between F&I |
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Social policies |
-until recently no maternity leave for men - responsibility for child was the mothers Decreases PI with father |
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Biological factors |
- women have nurturing hormone- oestrogen and are biologically adapted to feed infants -men lack emotional sensitivity |
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Age and gender |
Freeman et al 2010- male children more likely to prefer father as AF -children more likely to be attached to father late childhood to early adolescence -infants and young adults less likely to seek attachment to father |
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Temperament |
Man love et al 2002 - fathers less likely to be involved with infant if they have a difficult temperament |
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Secondary attachments |
-more playful, physically active and generally better at providing challenging situations Geiger 1996- f- conventional, storytellers. M- exciting playmate White and Woollett 1992 a lack of sensitivity positive- fosters problem solving skills by making greater communicative and cognitive demands |
