Maternal Attitude to a Frequently Ill Child of Preschool Age

Abstract

Objective: to study the characteristics of the maternal attitude to the often ill child of preschool age. Research methods: Test-questionnaire of parental relationship - ORO (A. Ya. Varga, V. V. Stolin), Analysis of family education - DIA (E. G. Eidemiller and V. V. Yustitskis). The results showed that the maternal attitude has its own specificity in families with often sick children and is manifested in the following features of the maternal attitude to sick children. Mothers who are often ill children often project the same qualities that they themselves consider unacceptable. Mother can manifest hypoprotection in relation to the child, that is, the emotional rejection of the child, the superficial interest in his affairs. At the level of the trend, the tendency of mothers to establish symbiotic relationships with often ill preschool children was revealed. The great practical significance of the study lies in highlighting the direction of the provision of psychological assistance to both the child and, above all, the mother of the often ill child in order to correct her maternal attitude.