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In search of the Absent Father—Meta‐Analyses of Infant‐Father Attachment: A Rejoinder to Our Discussants
Author(s) -
Ijzendoorn Marinus H.,
Wolff Marianne S.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
child development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.103
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1467-8624
pISSN - 0009-3920
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1997.tb04223.x
Subject(s) - meta analysis , psychology , strange situation , developmental psychology , association (psychology) , infant development , attachment theory , maternal sensitivity , psychotherapist , medicine
In our meta‐analysis on sensitivity and attachment, studies on the role of the father in the development of infant attachment were excluded in this rejoinder to our discussants, We present new meta‐analytic evidence on the association between paternal sensitivity and infant‐father attachment combined effe3ct size r [544] = 13; k = 8 studies; N = 546 families), and on the association between infant‐mother and infant‐father attachement (overall correlation φpH = .17; k = 14 studies; N = 950). Combining the findings from several earlier meta‐analyses, we present a data‐based model of attachment within the family system.