POSSIBILITIES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL CORRECTION OF EMOTIONALPERSONAL ATTITUDE TO THE SOCIETY IN ORPHAN CHILDREN

Abstract

Purpose: To study of the emotionalpersonal attitude to the society inorphan childrenin SOS Children’s Village, and to study the possibility of its correction for increasing psychological adaptation.Methods: empiric (color-associative experiment, unfinished sentences), statistic (frequency, comparative analysis), interpretative.Results: Orphan children’semotionalpersonal attitude to the society is characterized by emotional immaturity, dependence on other people’s assessment of their behavior. Basic needs of orphan children are directed at eliminating the deficit in love, affection and recognition. The implementation of the program of social and psychological support of orphaned children in SOS Children’s Village allows to form emotionally mature affection to closest people. This is manifested as the ability to establish the optimum psychological distance in interaction with other people (without estrangement and without emotional dependence), confidence in the surrounding people, perception of people as reliable and understanding, and adequate perception of their critique.

Keywords

• orphan children
• sos children’s village
• emotionalpersonal attitude to the society
• psychological adaptation
• psychological correction