What is it about?
This study examines how parents' prenatal attachment styles and gender together influence parenting stress, parent–infant interaction, and paternity leave practices. We report how parents' prenatal attachment styles relate to parenting stress, parent–infant interaction, and paternity leave, and how attachment styles and gender interact to predict parenting outcomes.
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Why is it important?
The attachment system is at the core of parental adjustments during the perinatal period, underscored by the interplay between attachment styles and caregiving behavior. Yet, gender differences in these associations remain poorly understood, despite variations in parenting roles.
Perspectives
The perspective that adult attachment styles in expectant parents correlate with various parenting outcomes broadens the framework of attachment theory. It highlights the significance of gender-specific associations between adult attachment and caregiving systems during the perinatal period.
Professor Lars Smith
University of Oslo
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This page is a summary of: Parental Gender and Adult Attachment Style in the Transition to Parenthood: Implications for Parent–Infant Interaction, Parenting Stress, and Parental Leave Practices, Journal of Marriage and Family, June 2025, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/jomf.70002.
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