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The organization of children's secure base behaviour in two-parent portuguese families and father's participation in child-related activities

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Resumo:	The organization of children’s secure base behaviour was studied in twoparent Portuguese families, with 44 father–child and mother–child dyads, children’s age was on average 31.91 months. An analysis of Attachment Q-sort (AQS; Waters, 1995) data revealed no significant differences in security scores for mothers and fathers. Both parents independently responded to a questionnaire about their participation in child-related activities, relative to their spouse’s participation in these activities. A traditional division in the Care/Organization tasks and a shared participation in the Play/Leisure activities emerged. Fathers with higher scores for both types of activities tended to have children with higher security scores. Fathers’ participation in Play/Leisure activities was associated with children’s AQS scores with their mothers. In this sample father’s participation is positively associated with the quality of secure base relationships within the family context.
Autores principais:	Monteiro, Lígia Maria Santos
Outros Autores:	Veríssimo, Manuela; Vaughn, Brian E.; Santos, António José; Torres, Nuno; Fernandes, Marília
Assunto:	Family context Fathers’ participation Secure base relationships Type of activities
Ano:	2010
País:	Portugal
Tipo de documento:	artigo
Tipo de acesso:	acesso aberto
Instituição associada:	Ispa-Instituto Universitário
Idioma:	inglês
Origem:	Repositório do Ispa - Instituto Universitário

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Resumo:	The organization of children’s secure base behaviour was studied in twoparent Portuguese families, with 44 father–child and mother–child dyads, children’s age was on average 31.91 months. An analysis of Attachment Q-sort (AQS; Waters, 1995) data revealed no significant differences in security scores for mothers and fathers. Both parents independently responded to a questionnaire about their participation in child-related activities, relative to their spouse’s participation in these activities. A traditional division in the Care/Organization tasks and a shared participation in the Play/Leisure activities emerged. Fathers with higher scores for both types of activities tended to have children with higher security scores. Fathers’ participation in Play/Leisure activities was associated with children’s AQS scores with their mothers. In this sample father’s participation is positively associated with the quality of secure base relationships within the family context.