Fathers as Primary Caregivers

by Brenda Geiger

Book Overview

Caregiving role rather than gender has a predominant influence on parent interaction in nonstressful as well as stressful situations. Primary caregiving fathers can competently assume caregiving and nurturant functions so as to become their infants' primary attachment figures.

Based on videotaped home observations, Dr. Geiger examines the unique and interactive effects of the gender of the caregiver and the primacy of the caregiver role...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313299196
• ISBN13: 9780313299193
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.6"