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Father’s engagement in direct care is associated with children’s social compete...
Nóblega, Magaly; Monteiro, Lígia; Santos, Carolina; Diniz, Eva; Guimet, Marisut; Ugarte, Andrea; Marinelli, FrancescoABSTRACT: Evidence shows that fathers have an important role in child development, but few studies explore this influence in the Latin American context. This study aimed to contribute to bridge this gap by analyzing in a Peruvian urban, mainly middle socioeconomic sample, the associations between different dimensions of father engagement (i.e., interaction in direct care, teaching/discipline, and play activitie...
Are fathers’ rearing histories associated with their involvement in childrearin...
Nóblega, Magaly; Guimet, Marisut; Ugarte, Andrea; Marinelli, Francesco; Apolinario, Gabriela; Uchuya, Daniel; Santos, CarolinaThis study compares father involvement, relative to the mother, in Peruvian families with preschool age children. We also examined father’s rearing history and sociodemographic characteristics as predictors of involvement in child related activities. Two hundred and six families participated in the study. Results showed that mothers were more involved in direct and indirect care, and fathers tended to be more i...
Is the secure base phenomenon evident here, there, and anywhere? A cross-cultur...
Posada, German; Lu, Ting; Trumbell, Jill; Kaloustian, Garene; Trudel, Marcel; Plata, Sandra J.; Peña, Paola P.; Perez, Jennifer; Tereno, SusanaThe evolutionary rationale offered by Bowlby implies that secure base relationships are common in child–caregiver dyads and thus, child secure behavior observable across diverse social contexts and cultures. This study offers a test of the universality hypothesis. Trained observers in nine countries used the Attachment Q-set to describe the organization of children’s behavior in naturalistic settings. Children ...