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- Title
Fatherhood and Child–Father Attachment in Two Small-Scale Societies.
- Authors
Broesch, Tanya; von Rueden, Chris; Yurkowski, Kim; Quinn, Hannah; Alami, Sarah; Davis, Helen Elizabeth; Stupica, Brandi; Tarry Nimau, Johnny; Bureau, Jean-François
- Abstract
Variation in attachment quality was assessed in 92 one- to three-year-olds' (49 female, 43 male) attachment to their father, within and across two small-scale, subsistence populations: the Tsimane of lowland Bolivia (n = 29 dyads) and Tannese of Vanuatu (n = 63 dyads). Overall, the Tsimane and Tannese populations show similarity in the patterning of child–father attachment relative to samples from industrialized societies, with 52% of Tsimane dyads and 62% of Tannese dyads showing secure attachment. However, the insecure-ambivalent attachment was more frequent among Tsimane and Tannese dyads relative to samples from industrialized societies, and attachment security was greater for sons than for daughters in Tanna. Of several attributes of fathers, only reports by mothers of how frequently fathers play with their children are associated with child–father secure attachment. Fathers who scored highly on this measure were more likely to have children with secure attachments. Studies of child–father attachment are rare outside of industrialized populations yet are critical to understanding the mechanisms underlying child–father relationships.
- Subjects
MELANESIA; BOLIVIA; FATHERHOOD &; psychology; RACE; POPULATION geography; ATTACHMENT behavior; SEX distribution; RESEARCH funding; FATHER-child relationship
- Publication
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2023, Vol 54, Issue 5, p591
- ISSN
0022-0221
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/00220221231176788