Zaangażowanie mężczyzn – przyszłych ojców w proces oczekiwania narodzin dziecka a styl przywiązania do partnerki

Culturally defined traditions describe the tasks of women and men resulting from the fact of having children and the rules that should be subject to pregnancy and childbirth. In the context of the emerging paradigm of masculinity and paternity, there is now a clear tendency to appreciate the role of the father, leading to a significant expansion of his competence, including the area of procreation. Modern fathers are seeking new opportunities for them to engage in the development of their child at the stage of expectation of his birth, thereby confirming and consolidating his social status. The specificity of experiencing the gestation period makes it a fatherly commitment conditioned by the quality of the relationship that connects the partners. One of its determinants is attachment styles, regarded as a resource that is at the disposal of partners, having a patently significant influence on shaping the relationship between them, and thus the level of involvement of future fathers in the development of the conceived child. The research presented in this paper pointed to the existence of positive relationships between safe attachment to the partner and engagement in both general and emotional and behavioral dimensions. In addition, they show the relationship of the engagement with non-secure attachment patterns. Men who were anxiously-ambivalent were more likely to have cognitive performance and, in turn, less likely to be involved in the behavioral engagement.