Relations in the “Mother-Child” Dyad in a Family Raising a Child with Disabilities

DOI

10.2991/iceder-19.2020.51How to use a DOI?

Keywords

severe multiple developmental disorders, “mother-child” dyad, parent-child relationship

Abstract

Researchers note that in families raising children with severe multiple developmental disabilities (SMDD), the psycho-emotional state of parents is impaired, the quality of family relationships and the psychological climate in the family are deteriorating. To study the characteristics of the relationship in the mother-child dyad in a family raising a child with a disability, a survey of 15 mothers raising children with SMDD from 3 to 7 years was conducted. The following parameters were investigated: the psychological climate, the type of parent-child relationship, and the emotional interaction between the mother and her child (capturing 11 parameters). The novelty of the work lies in the fact that resource states in the “mother-child” dyad in the family raising a child with a disability are identified. These conditions are identified in the areas of sensitivity, emotional acceptance, behavioral manifestations of emotional interaction. These include the following: a high level of acceptance of the child by the mother; empathy, desire for physical contact from the mother; her orientation to the state of the child when building interactions; rendering emotional support to the child; positive feelings that arise in the mother in interaction with the child; the prevailing positive emotional background of the interaction; the ability to empathize; the ability to influence the emotional state of the child; self-awareness in the role of a supporting and receiving parent.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - N I Oteva
AU  - N N Malyarchuk
AU  - L P Pashchenko
AU  - E V Pashchenko
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TI  - Relations in the “Mother-Child” Dyad in a Family Raising a Child with Disabilities
BT  - Proceedings of the International Scientific and Practical Conference on Education, Health and Human Wellbeing (ICEDER 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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