The correlation between the child’s morbidity and family relations

• Published in: Проблеми сучасної психології
• Main Authors: T. Y. Zimovina, A. S. Filchakova
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kamianets-Podilskyi National Ivan Ohiienko University, G.S. Kostiuk Institute of Psychology of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine 2018-03-01
• Subjects: psychosomatics; age psychology; problems of child’s upbringing; child’s morbidity; family relationships; styles of upbringing; conflicts in family relationships; psychological well-being of the family
• Online Access: http://journals.uran.ua/index.php/2227-6246/article/view/156615/156002
• ISSN: 2227-6246; 2663-6956

The problem of frequency and types of child’s (up to 6 years) morbidity in the relation with emotional state of family members and style of upbringing is considered in the article. The results by three main systems of child’s morbidity (respiratory, gastrointestinal and dermal) are presented. The relationship between upbringing styles and child’s illnesses is shown. The respiratory system is found out to be related to emotional communication in a family: underdevelopment of parental feelings, problems in the emotional background of upbringing, instability in the styles of upbringing, etc. It is shown that the morbidity of gastrointestinal system is related to demanding in relationships and upbringing, bad attitude towards oneself and parents, contradictions in the upbringing, etc. It is stated that dermal problems are related to the attribution of female qualities to the child, both boys and girls: it is when the demands to be a princess are put to the girls and the demands to be more restrained and gentle are put to boys. It is proved, that the causes of the children’s morbidity are primarily psychological conditions of upbringing, problems in relationships, difficulties in the emotional and psychological state of adults. The psychosomatic causes of the illnesses are confirmed, in the case of a child these causes are not personal child’s difficulties, they are parents’ psychological problems.