PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP IN FAMILIES WITH A CHILD SICK WITH BLOOD CANCER

Abstract

The article presents the results of experimental studies of the psychodiagnostic parent-child relationship in 25 families with preschool children (5-6 years) of patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The study was conducted using methods: PARI, the authors of E.S. Schaefer and R.K. Bell; "The analysis of family relationships," the authors E.G.Eidemiller and V.V.Yustitskis; Rene Gilles, aimed to study the sphere of interpersonal relations of the child and his perception of family relations; "Kinetic family picture," as modified by R.Burns and C.Kaufman.The results of our study have shown that psychologically more affluent families were relationships with the boys and their families and siblings. The families of the girls above indicators "phobia of losing a child" and "conflict between the parents." In families with only one child are also higher the "conflict between parents", "emergency intervention in the child's life," and "projection on the child's own undesirable qualities."