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Essentials when studying child-father attachment: A fundamental view on safe haven and secure base phenomena

Karin Grossmann1, Klaus E Grossmann1

  • 1Faculty of Psychology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.

Attachment & Human Development
|March 23, 2019
PubMed

Insights

Attachment figures provide a safe haven and secure base for children. Understanding child-father attachment through observation deepens insights into developing psychological security.

Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Evolutionary Psychology
  • Attachment Theory

Background:

  • Attachment figures serve as a safe haven and secure base, crucial from evolutionary, cultural, and individual viewpoints.
  • Emotional security in children involves seamless transitions between seeking comfort (safe haven) and exploration (secure base).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To delineate the concepts of behavioral systems and emotional security in child development.
  • To explore the unique aspects of the child-father attachment relationship, focusing on exploration and emotional intensity during play.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing naturalistic, ethological observations of child-father interactions.
  • Conducting systematic and realistic, lengthy behavioral analyses.

Main Results:

  • The child-father relationship uniquely supports a child's exploration and emotional intensity in agitated play.
  • Observations highlight the child's contribution to developing psychological security.

Conclusions:

  • Attachment figures are vital for children's emotional security and development.
  • Ethological observations of child-father attachment offer a deeper understanding of psychological security development.

Keywords:
behavioral systemschild-father attachmentdesiderata for future research on child-father attachmentsave haven functionsecure base function

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