D. Paquette, C. Gagnon, Julio Macario de Medeiros
2020
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The activation relationship is the attachment bond that develops between a parent, especially the father, and a child in order to foster regulation of risk-taking during the child’s exploration of his or her environment. The objectives of this chapter are, first, to review the research findings over the 15 years, since the activation relationship theory was initially published. Four fields of study are reviewed, namely, (a) activation relationship, (b) fathering behaviors of openness to the world, (c) challenging parenting behavior, and (d) rough-and-tumble play. Next, we present the complementarity of attachment relationships (CAR) project along with some results in toddlers regarding the prevalence of the three types of activation relationships in father-child and mother-child dyads. Finally, we conclude with potential future lines of research on emotion socialization.