Parents’ Personality as Social Withdrawal Agent of a Child and Presentation of Reflexive Methods of “Mother’s Diary”

Abstract

In the article an integrated view is given toward understanding of etiology of autistic spectrum disorders which summaries 3 methods: clinical, psychoanalytic, and psychosocial. Using of given methods let to look more widely at causes of autism occurrence. Generalized comparative of characteristics of the parents’ personalities who raise the children with autistic spectrum disorders and parents who raise neurotypical children are given. For comparative analysis of parents’ personalities specificity in its structure thank to theoretical search and practical work with families, psychological aspects were separated out: autistic features, systematization, personal anxiety, depression neuroticism and psychoticism with the help of which comparative analysis of the parents of adducted groups was carried out. Specific characters of parents’ personality who raise the child with autistic spectrum disorder can be the one which influences interaction with the child and the environment which can lead to social withdrawal. In reference to the question of social withdrawal generalization of the views is done in the article. Fragmentarily of ideas of the notion is adduced in scientific periodicals. And comparison of its definition with the notion “autism” and consideration it in the connection of social and secondary social withdrawal. Generalization of the relatively explanation social withdrawal allowed to clarify and complete specific notion and discover the conditions which can influence social withdrawal occurrence. Reflexive methods “Mother’s diary”, the aim of which is to prevent negative psychological and medical conditions among women during pregnancy and the first year after giving a birth for improvement her interaction with the child and prevention further social withdrawal, are presented in the article.