Peculiarities of Experiencing Anxiety and Fears by Children with Musculoskeletal Disorders

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AbstractThe article deals with the features of experiencing anxiety and various types of fears by children with musculoskeletal disorders. In conformity with the principle of continuity of education, the relationships are considered between fears that arise at the stage of primary education and subsequent social and educational problems that such children face at a university especially during the initial period of studying. The necessity of combining psychological knowledge characterizing the psychological characteristics of individuals with disabilities at different stages of education and the relevance of studying various types of fears among children with musculoskeletal disorders, which reduce the adaptive personal potential and prevent successful adaptation to the university studying conditions of the first-year disabled students is substantiated. The results of the study of various types of fears among children with musculoskeletal disorders studying at primary school are presented. A comparative analysis of the anxiety and fears among children with musculoskeletal disorders and children without them is provided. The research revealed differences in the peculiarities of the manifestation of social fears, school anxiety, and mystical fears. The factor of the religious upbringing in the family influences the peculiarities of the manifestation of mystical fears.KeywordsChildren with musculoskeletal disordersAnxietyFearsPhobiasEducationalSocialCriminal and mystical fearsPsychological and pedagogical supportIndicators of the severity of different types of fear