Sensitive responsiveness in expectant and new fathers

Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J.; Van IJzendoorn, Marinus

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Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J.

Van IJzendoorn, Marinus

Abstract(s)

Fathers have an increasingly important role in the family and contribute through their sensitive responsiveness to positive child development. Research on parenting more often included fathers as caregivers in the past two decades. We present a neurobiological model of sensitive responsive parenting with a role for fathers’ hormonal levels and neural connectivity and processing of infant signals. We tested this model in a research program (“Father Trials”) with correlational and randomized experimental studies, and we review the results of these studies. So far, interaction-focused behavioral interventions seem most promising in supporting fathers’ sensitive responsiveness, even though the mechanisms are still uncharted.

Keywords

Neurobiology Hormones fMRI Baby carrier Prenatal intervention

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/9849

Citation

Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J., & van IJzendoorn, M. H. (2023). Sensitive responsiveness in expectant and new fathers. Current Opinion in Psychology, 50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2023.101580