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Predictors of father-infant attachment security in a Portuguese sample

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dc.contributor.authorAlmeida, Rita
dc.contributor.authorBarros, Luísa
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Margarida
dc.contributor.authorBeeghly, Marjorie
dc.contributor.authorFuertes, Marina
dc.date.accessioned2025-12-16T11:12:46Z
dc.date.available2025-12-16T11:12:46Z
dc.date.issued2025-11
dc.descriptionThis work received national funding from FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., through the Research Center for Psychological Science of the Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon (UI/DB/151103/2021). The Faculty of Psychology Ethics and Deontology Committee approved this study (ref: 1.9/18.11.2021).
dc.description.abstractA growing literature shows that fathers play a critical role in their children's development and mental health. However, few studies have evaluated fathers as caregivers and attachment figures, particularly across cultures. We address this gap by investigating specific predictors of infant-father attachment patterns during the first year postpartum and their links to infant-father attachment at 12 months. The sample included Portuguese father-infant dyads who were recruited at the infant's birth and followed longitudinally to 12 months. At 3 and 9 months, dyads were observed during free play and the Face-to-Face Still-Face paradigm (FFSF). Fathers also reported on their involvement in daily caregiving activities. At 12 months, father-infant dyads were observed in Ainsworth's Strange Situation paradigm (SSP), and fathers reported on their parenting stress. Results showed that multiple infant and paternal variables were associated with secure attachment at 12 months, including a social-positive regulatory pattern exhibited in the FFSF at 9 months, greater paternal sensitivity and less control, and more infant cooperation, during free play at 3 and 9 months, and greater paternal involvement in specific caregiving activities at 9 months. Fathers of infants with a disorganized attachment were less involved in play interactions at 3 and 9 months, and their infants exhibited less cooperative behavior and were more likely to display an inconsolable regulatory pattern during the FFSF. Results of binary logistic regression indicate that 9-month paternal sensitivity and control predicted secure attachment. This study confirms the uniqueness of father-infant relationships.eng
dc.identifier.citationAlmeida R, Barros L, Santos M, Beeghly M, Fuertes M. Predictors of father-infant attachment security in a Portuguese sample. Early Hum Dev. 2025;210:106374.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2025.106374
dc.identifier.issn0378-3782
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.21/22326
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378378225001847
dc.relation.ispartofEarly Human Development
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectInfant regulatory patterns
dc.subjectOrganized and disorganized attachment
dc.subjectPaternal involvement
dc.subjectPaternal sensitivity
dc.subjectPredictors of infant attachment security
dc.subjectPortugal
dc.titlePredictors of father-infant attachment security in a Portuguese sampleeng
dc.typejournal article
dcterms.referenceshttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2025.106374
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.startPage106374
oaire.citation.titleEarly Human Development
oaire.citation.volume210
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85

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