Parenting Journal · Volume 2 · Issue 4 · Licensed source edition
The relationship between fathers’ involvement in infant care and infant attachment levels
Originally published 2026-02-28 · Irish Journal of Medical Science
Springer Science and Business Media LLC · DOI 10.1007/s11845-026-04281-7 ↗
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What is the difference between time spent caring and the bond a father reports?
The investigators measure involvement and paternal attachment separately, making it possible to examine how these experiences relate.
Who was studied?
Fathers reporting on their involvement in infant care and their relationship with their babies
Age / stage: Infancy
Read with three questions
- What is the difference between time spent caring and the bond a father reports?
- Whose observations or reports were used, and what competing explanations are compatible with them?
- Which features of the study population (fathers reporting on their involvement in infant care and their relationship with their babies) would matter when applying the findings in another setting?
Keep the limits in view
The 255 fathers completed self-report measures of both involvement and attachment. A shared informant can make two ratings more similar without demonstrating change in the infant's behavior.
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Kamile Akça; Suat Tuncay (2026). The relationship between fathers’ involvement in infant care and infant attachment levels Irish Journal of Medical Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11845-026-04281-7
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