Paternal Deprivation Recent findings indicate the need to notify traditional views that the infant’s attachment is usually exclusively and primarily with the Mother and that the father does not become an important figure for the child until after infancy. Research discussed in this book clearly indicates that individual differences in paternal behavior can greatly influence the strength of the infant’s attachment to the father. A meaningful attachment to the father can facilitate the …showed first 75 words of 390 total…

…showed last 75 words of 390 total…the absence began during the his first two years of life. Different aspects of sex role decelopment are mot influence to the same extent by father absence. Sex role orientation, that aspect of sex role relating to self-concept, seems to be most hampered by father absence in the first few years of life. Sex role preferance and at least some facets of sex role adoption appear to be less influenced by father absence. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**