Some questions about the child`s experience of loss crisis (death of the parents – the mother) of primary school age

Abstract

The article is related to the theoretical analysis of a child of primary school age who is experiencing a crisis of loss, namely the death of a loved one (one of the parents - the mother). The concepts of «grief», «loss crisis», «psychotrauma» and «post-traumatic stress disorder» were also analyzed. We also touched upon the issue of the type of loss crisis during the analysis. Primary school children have a specific emotional sphere for their development - we have considered this issue in more detail in a scientific article. The main reactions of the child to the loss of a loved one are also described. The death of a loved one has a certain individual imprint on the life of any person or child. Therefore, the impact of the death of a loved one on the present and future of the child was considered. Too often, relatives or guardians living with a child misbehave with a younger student, which also affects the child’s emotional state and has a significant impact on his or her personal development. In our work, this problem was also considered as the main cause of the development of a child of primary school age not only depression but also post-traumatic stress disorder, which is a serious intervention for the already vulnerable psyche of the child. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children of primary school age who survived the death of one of the parents – the mother – is considered. The article emphasizes that the emotional sphere in children and adolescents is particularly reactive, so mental trauma (loss crisis) affects them more than adults. However, it is necessary to take into account the smaller depth of feelings, the rapid change of mood in children, due to which psychogenic reactions in them are shorter. We also considered in the article the reasons for the development of post-traumatic stress disorder in children of primary school age. The scientific article considered post-traumatic stress disorder at the emotional, cognitive and behavioral levels in a child of primary school age who has lost a loved one. The article examines children of primary school age with post-traumatic stress disorder who have lost a loved one – the mother, the presence of a negative emotional state (malaise, low activity and poor depressed mood) and the results were confirmed by statistical processing.