which results suggest that secure attachment experiences to partner, responsive caregiving to partner was positively associated with authoritative parenting styles and negatively associated with authoritarian and permissive parenting styles. In their study, avoidance and anxiety attachment were associated with lower levels of responsive caregiving, which in turn were associated with reduced authoritative parenting and increased authoritarian and permissive parenting. Their final model revealed that responsiveness to partner mediated the relationships between attachment and parenting styles and these relationships did not differ between mothers and fathers.