Open AccessPsychological Support of Children’s Privacy Development in Preschool Age
Author(s) -
Olena Vlasova,
Nataliia Dembytska,
Olena Kornienko
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
current problems of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2353-8627
pISSN - 2081-3910
DOI - 10.2478/cpp-2019-0024
Subject(s) - psychology , socialization , empirical research , space (punctuation) , developmental psychology , sovereignty , harmonization , social psychology , political science , linguistics , philosophy , physics , epistemology , politics , acoustics , law
The goal of the article is to present the theoretical and empirical research as for development of preschoolers’ personal privacy and to determine their parents’ contribution to this process. Research methodology : In order to find out ways of preschoolers’ privacy development and parental attitudes towards it, the sample of adults was divided into two groups for comparison: 84 parents (42 parents of 4-year old children and 42 parents of 6-year old children). To this end, the following diagnostic techniques were used: the questionnaire “Sovereignty of a psychological space” (Nartova-Bochaver S.K.), the method “Actors and typical causes of conflicts at each age stage” (Venkova N.A.). Two groups of children of 4 (n=26) and 6 (n=28) years were examined with the method “My house” to study characteristics of preschoolers’ psychological boundaries, their dynamic features and methods of protection, (Silina O.V.). Methods of mathematical statistics were used to estimate empirical data. Research results: The empirical research of 84 parents (Ukraine) having children in preschool age show that preschoolers’ personal privacy is mainly developed due to expansion of such components of their psychological space as personal territory, habits and values. The closest social environment, in particular parents, is only partly ready to support children’s pursuit for the sovereignty of their psychological space. Discussion: The psychological support of preschoolers’ privacy development is possible only with psychological work with their parents as leading agents of their socialization. This work should be aimed at harmonization of parents’ attitudes towards children’s claims to have a personal space. Such support should include psychological enlightenment, active social psychological trainings, counselling and psychotherapy, specially organized for all actors influencing children’s psychological space development.