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Father-Child Attachment & Relationships SIRG

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Special Interest Research Group on Father-Child Attachment & Relationships (SIRG-FCAR) within Society for Emotion & Attachment Studies (SEAS) Join (for free) & subscribe to our monthly newsletter: https://sirgfcar.wordpress.com/

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Father-Child Attachment & Relationships SIRG @sirg-fcar.bsky.social · Nov 21

⏰ Save the Date!
Next semester's journal clubs are scheduled for 10am ET on the following dates:
🗓️ Tues Jan 21
🗓️ Tues Feb 18
🗓️ Tues Mar 18
Got article suggestions? Drop them below ⬇️ or DM us!
#devpsy #PsychSkySci #AcademicSky

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Marinus van IJzendoorn @mhvij.bsky.social · Feb 27

We have a new Rising Star in our midst:

Audrey-Ann Deneault:

"The APS Rising Star designation is presented to outstanding APS Members in the earliest stages of their research career .. researchers whose innovative work has already advanced the field and signals great potential .."

CONGRATS!!

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Julia Feldman, PhD @julia-feldman.info · Feb 27

Major congrats to @aadeneault.bsky.social! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Association for Psychological Science @psychscience.bsky.social · Feb 27

Congratulations to the newest class of APS Rising Stars ⭐! www.psychologicalscience.org/members/awar...

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Father-Child Attachment & Relationships SIRG @sirg-fcar.bsky.social · Feb 25

🚨 We are still looking for nominations for next month's early career spotlight! Nominate a peer (or yourself!) here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Father-Child Attachment & Relationships SIRG @sirg-fcar.bsky.social · Feb 25

Check out the Early Career Resources page on our website!

💻 Research Database: Articles about fathers by early career researchers
🔦 Researcher Spotlight: Learn about early career researchers who study fathers

sirgfcar.wordpress.com/early-career...

Early Career Resources

SIRG-FCAR is excited to highlight early career researchers and their work! Research Database Check out our Early Career Father Research Database! The database features articles published recently b…

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Father-Child Attachment & Relationships SIRG @sirg-fcar.bsky.social · Feb 3

📑 Check out one of their recent articles to learn more about their work!

🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

How Others Matter in Children’s Socialization: The Huotang-Centered Allomothering System Among the Matrilineal Mosuo - Journal of Child and Family Studies

Allomothering, the practice of child-rearing by caregivers other than childrens’ mothers, has garnered more attention recently. This study examined allomothering within the matrilineal Mosuo, an ethni...

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Father-Child Attachment & Relationships SIRG @sirg-fcar.bsky.social · Feb 3

🔎 Currently, they are profiling the caregiving and attachment systems of matrilineal Mosuo families, while also participating in a long-term longitudinal study of Japanese families (fathers, mothers, and infants) to explore factors that influence children’s social and emotional development

Father-Child Attachment & Relationships SIRG @sirg-fcar.bsky.social · Feb 3

📊 Their research explores how the family caregiving environment shapes young children’s social-emotional development, especially attachment and the role of non-mother caregivers

Father-Child Attachment & Relationships SIRG @sirg-fcar.bsky.social · Feb 3

🌟Our early career research spotlight this month is Jue Wang!🌟

Jue is a Project Researcher at the Center for Early Childhood Development, Education, and Policy Research Graduate School of Education at the University of Tokyo

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Father-Child Attachment & Relationships SIRG @sirg-fcar.bsky.social · Jan 20

Not in the Eastern time zone? Convert the time of journal club here: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

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Father-Child Attachment & Relationships SIRG @sirg-fcar.bsky.social · Jan 20

✨ Join Our Monthly Journal Club TOMORROW! ✨
🗓 Tues Jan 21 @ 10 AM ET
📖 Black Fathers’ Perspectives About Early Childhood Adversity and Toxic Stress: Results From Focus Groups (Powe et al., 2024): doi.org/10.1177/1044...
💻 On Zoom – DM for link
🌟 Early career scholars encouraged to attend!

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Pascal Vrticka @pvrticka.bsky.social · Dec 7

Now published:

#Caregiver or #Playmate? #Fathers’ and #mothers’ #brain responses to ball‑play with #children

link.springer.com/article/10.3...

Acil, D. (@mpicbs.bsky.social) & Puhlmann (LIR Mainz), L. & White (Uni Bremen), L. & yours truly (@soneatlab.bsky.social, @universityofessex.bsky.social)

Caregiver or Playmate? Fathers’ and mothers’ brain responses to ball-play with children - Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience

Parents and children often engage in joint play—a domain where mothers and fathers are thought to exhibit disparate behaviors and impact child development via distinct mechanisms. However, little is k...

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Australian Fatherhood Research Consortium @ausfatherhood.bsky.social · Nov 26

#Fatherhood researchers, services and practitioners, SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACT to present at the Australian Fatherhood Research Symposium 2025! Submissions close 16 Dec.
mappresearch.org/afrs-2025-ab... Join us in Melbourne or online on the 1st & 2nd of May 2024 #AFRS2025

Flyer for the Call for abstracts, to be submitted to the 2025 Australian Fatherhood Research Consortium in Melbourne, Australia. Image depicts laughing presenters and participants at the 2024 event.

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Anna Tarrant @profatarrant.bsky.social · Nov 24

Thought BlueSky could do with a fatherhood starter pack! Message me if youd like an add!

go.bsky.app/4YTr8om

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Ruth Naughton-Doe @ruthndwrites.bsky.social · Nov 21

Interested in what works to engage fathers? Check out this incredible live illustration from the conference on Father Inclusion in the Family Hubs earlier this year! @profatarrant.bsky.social #followingyoungfathersfurther #fatherinclusion #dads

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Australian Fatherhood Research Consortium @ausfatherhood.bsky.social · Nov 21

The AFRC is sponsor of Day 7 (Fathers & Peer Support) of Perinatal Mental Health Week, 17 – 24 November.

Thank you to Frank Alexopoulos for sharing his story of struggling with depression and anxiety after his children were born, on the lived experience panel, at the PMHWeek launch in Canberra.

PMHWeek 2024 Launch. Lived experience panel. Frank Alexopoulos shares his story of struggling with depression and anxiety after his children were born. On behalf of the Australian Fatherhood Research Consortium (AFRC).

PMHWeek 2024 Launch. Lived experience panel participants including Frank Alexopoulos, on behalf of the Australian Fatherhood Research Consortium (AFRC).

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Father-Child Attachment & Relationships SIRG @sirg-fcar.bsky.social · Nov 21

Not in the Eastern time zone? Convert the time of journal club here: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/c...

Father-Child Attachment & Relationships SIRG @sirg-fcar.bsky.social · Nov 21

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Gareth Wall @garethwall.bsky.social · Nov 17

So my clever followers, if you were to create a session or program for dads to support their partners with Post Natal Depression what would you include? Currently thinking of a proposal to PIMHS to give Dads a way where they can feel useful and focused. Do you know of any examples or research?

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Father-Child Attachment & Relationships SIRG @sirg-fcar.bsky.social · Nov 17

Not in the Eastern time zone? Convert the time of journal club here: www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/c...

Father-Child Attachment & Relationships SIRG @sirg-fcar.bsky.social · Nov 17

✨ Join Our Monthly Journal Club! ✨
🗓 Tues Nov 19 @ 10 AM ET
📖 Fathering dynamics: Linking depressive symptomology, parenting stress, and paternal warmth with beliefs in paternal role (Speer et al., 2024): doi.org/10.1037/fam0...
💻 On Zoom – DM for link
🌟 Early career scholars encouraged to attend!

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Father-Child Attachment & Relationships SIRG @sirg-fcar.bsky.social · Nov 17

Awesome list! Mind if we borrow some names from yours? (You're welcome to ours as well!)

go.bsky.app/K1yCvKe

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American Institute for Boys and Men - Unofficial @aibm-unofficial.bsky.social · Nov 17

Dads matter. As mothers have entered the labor force in greater numbers, fathers have reduced the amount of time they spend in paid work, and increased the time they spend completing household activities and caring for their children.
Check it out: aibm.org/research/dad...

#socsky #AcademicSky🧪

A graph showing that since the 1960s, the time fathers spend with their children has increased by over 250%, as their average time spent in paid work has decreased.

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Jeff Cookston @cookston.bsky.social · Nov 17

These Starter Packs are super helpful so I made one of scholars who study fathers, fatherhood, and fathering.

Let me know if you would like me to add someone or if you would like to be added (or be removed 😂).
go.bsky.app/M4w6b6A

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Father-Child Attachment & Relationships SIRG @sirg-fcar.bsky.social · Nov 15

Check out our starter pack and help us grow it!

go.bsky.app/K1yCvKe

#devpsy #psychscisky #AcademicSky

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Father-Child Attachment & Relationships SIRG @sirg-fcar.bsky.social · Nov 15

#HiSciSky! We are a group dedicated to research on father-child relationships. Follow us for father-inclusive ideas, theory, and methodologies.

#devpsy #psychscisky #AcademicSky

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