PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS AND SELF-CONCEPT OF ADOLESCENTS WITH SPEECH DISORDERS (STUTTERING)

Abstract

Objective. тo study the characteristics of the influence of parent-child relationships on the formation of self-esteem of healthy adolescents and teenagers with stuttering. Materials and methods. The main group consisted of 22 families with children at the age of 9 to 11 years old, studying in a correctional school of the fifth type with a diagnosis of stuttering. The control group included 22 families with children at the age of 9 to 12 years old without a history of speech impairment. The following methods were used: “Questionnaire of parental relationship”, by V. V. Stolin - A. Ya. Varga; methodology “Study of self-esteem” by T. V. Dembo - S. Ya. Rubinstein (modification by A. M. Prihozhan); “Map of the assessment of children's protective mechanisms” by E. V. Chumakova; Questionnaire of Personality by R. Kettella (adaptation of E. M. Aleksandrovskaya); Method for screening diagnosis of mental stress and neurotic tendencies in children and adolescents.” Results. The average group indicators of the main group have higher values than the indicators of the control group on the scales of “acceptance”, “symbiosis”, “control”. Teenagers with a stutter evaluate their character less positively, while they are less confident in their own abilities and capabilities. The level of claims in the main group is lower than in the control. Conclusion. A significant factor influencing the formation of an adequate self-esteem of a teenager, regardless of whether he has a speech impairment, is the direct psychological contact of parents with the child, by which it is necessary to understand the desire and desire of parents to learn the inner world of their child’s experiences (3 tables, bibliography: 5 refs).