Open AccessFamily structure and family education as the factors for personal development of preschooler
Author(s) -
Larisa А. Golovey,
V E Vasilenko,
Svetlana S. Savenysheva
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
socialʹnaâ psihologiâ i obŝestvo
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2221-1527
DOI - 10.17759/sps.2016070201
Subject(s) - psychology , hostility , permissive , developmental psychology , parenting styles , anxiety , feeling , style (visual arts) , empathy , social psychology , history , genetics , archaeology , psychiatry , biology
This article is devoted to analysis of personal characteristics of preschoolers in relation to the factors of gender, family structure (complete or one-parent, the presence of sibling) and family upbringing (parenting styles, parent-child emotional interaction). The study involved 155 boys, 157 girls and 312 mothers from Saint-Petersburg, Novosibirsk and Arkhangelsk. The age of children — from 4 to 7 years. We used the test and projective techniques. The study revealed that children from single parent families had higher indicators of anxiety, insecurity, depressiveness, self-distrust, hostility, feeling of inferiority, conflicts and difficulties in communication. In families with pronounced overprotection and characteristics of an authoritarian style children had lower self- esteem and higher indicators of anxiety and hostility. Children's aggressiveness was more pronounced in the case of permissive style and instability of parenting style. It was shown that emotional well-being in the parent-child relationships can be regarded as a resource for personal development of the child: understanding the causes of child s state, empathy. However we revealed that one third part of mothers had difficulties in emotional interaction with children.The research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Humanities (project №13-06-00480 «The family as a resource of child´s mental development in stable and critical ontogenetic periods»).