Attachment: Shaffer and Emerson's evidence for fathers are not important?

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Shaffer and Emerson's evidence for fathers are not important?

(Pippa) Pippa Holloway · Accepted Answer

Found that the majority of babies were attached to their mothers for the first 7 months.
Only 3% of the casses the father was the sole attachment object.
In 27% of the cases, the father was the first joint object with the mother.

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Shaffer and Emerson's evidence for fathers are not important?

Found that the majority of babies were attached to their mothers for the first 7 months. Only 3% of the casses the father was the sole attachment object. In 27% of the cases, the father was the first joint object with the mother.

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