Attachment Networks to Mother and Father: A Primer
Channel: Dr. Or Dagan
Date: 2021-12-05

In this short video, I briefly talk about the history of attachment networks research (and lack thereof). I then describe new research models we recently developed to assess how children's attachment networks to mothers and fathers jointly predict mental health outcomes.

**FOR MORE INFORMATION**
1. My personal website: http://www.ordagan.com/

2. Early Attachment Network with Mother and Father: An Unsettled Issue. http://www.ordagan.com/uploads/1/3/3/4/133400866/dagan_sagi_schwartz-2018-child_development_perspectives.pdf

3. Early Attachment Network to Multiple Caregivers:
A Brief History of Research and Assessment Models.
https://psyarxiv.com/394u2

4. Configurations of Mother-Child and Father-Child Attachment as Predictors of Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms: An Individual Participant Data (IPD) Meta-Analysis.
https://psyarxiv.com/x4td2/

VIDEO CHAPTERS
0:00 Introduction
0:57 What is Attachment?
2:30 Insecure attachment types
4:03 To whom do we attach?
8:45 We also attach to fathers
11:47: Attachment to mothers AND fathers 
15:48 Attachment networks: Models of assessment