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Geiger, Brenda – 1996
This study compares affiliative and attachment behaviors of nontraditional fathers who are their infant's primary caregivers, secondary caregiving fathers, and primary and secondary caregiving mothers. Subjects were 28 mobile infants and their middle-class American parents. In half of the families, the father was the primary caregiver; in the…
Descriptors: Affection, Attachment Behavior, Child Rearing, Comparative Analysis
Meins, Elizabeth – 1997
This book investigates children's security of attachment in infancy and its relationship to their cognitive development in the preschool years, presenting evidence that caregivers' proclivity to treat their infants as mental agents and to attribute intentionally to their behavior is critical to their child's cognitive development. The book…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Language, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
