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Awareness of the Family History as a Factor in Psychological Well-being in Adolescence

Author(s) -

T V Yakimova,

Y.A. Bondarenko

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

psychological-educational studies

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2587-6139

DOI - 10.17759/psyedu.2014060409

Subject(s) - family history , psychology , empirical research , developmental psychology , social psychology , clinical psychology , medicine , radiology , philosophy , epistemology

We present the results of the study of connection of psychological well-being of adolescents with their awareness of their own family history. We briefly overview the main trends and individual empirical studies on the influence of family history of psychological well-being of the individual. In the present study, we focuses not on pathological influence of family history, but on its resource and supporting effect during the difficulties of adolescence. The study involved 32 teenagers. The empirical study is based on data obtained using a questionnaire designed to examine the links of teenager with extended family members and his awareness of family history. We found that adolescents who know their family history, have an interest in it and keep in touch with the extended family, are characterized by high values of the level of psychological well-being.

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