Role of Social Demographic Factors and Parental Position in the Development of Preschool Child

The research aims at studying the connection between the child’s mental development and socio-demographic factors and socio-psychological aspects of parent – child relationships.The article is based upon the results obtained through testing of 59 children between 5 and 7 years old, as well as the results of a special sociological questionnaire presented to their mothers.The data show that boys have higherresults at visual memory, girls scored better at tests for self-regulation and social intelligence.Children from single-parent families had better results at verbal memory tests, but lower level of development of executive functions and decentration ability.Mothers’ educational level influence the amount and intensity of children’s fears, as well as their inclination to avoid fearsome situations.The parenting position features analysis shows it’s connection to executive functions development (all differences are significant p≤0.05).The present research showed a considerable amount of essentially interpreted connections between socio-demographic factors and parent – child relationships to the specifics of a child’s mental development.