THE INFLUENCE OF FAMILY UPBRINGING STYLE ON THE SELF-ESTEEM OF JUNIOR SCHOOLCHILDREN

Abstract

The article examines the influence of family upbringing style on the formation of selfesteem of junior schoolchildren. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between the style of family upbringing (and personal qualities of parents), and the process of forming the child's personality, the level of his adaptation, the ability to adapt to social conditions. The author reveals the features and manifestations of family upbringing styles, analyzes the following factors influencing the choice of behavioral strategies of parents: first of all, the type of temperament and traditions in which the parents themselves were brought up. The existing styles of parental upbringing are analyzed: authoritative: characterized by warm emotional acceptance of the child and a high level of control by adults; authoritarian: characterized by a high level of demanding of the child, the punishment of failures, cruel control, interference in the personal space of the child, the suppression of the child's personality by force; indifferent: characterized by a lack of warmth in relation to the child, contemptuous attitude, ignoring his emotional needs; liberal: involves tactics of non-interference, the basis of which is indifference and disinterest in the problems of the child. The peculiarities of the formation of self-esteem in junior schoolchildren, first of all, under the influence of the results of educational activities, and the acceptance of reference persons are revealed. The dependence of the choice of family upbringing style on the formation of self-esteem of junior schoolchildren and the peculiarities of the individual's behavioral manifestations is determined. Conclusions are made in the context of the topic of the influence of family education strategies, that authoritative style provokes high self-esteem, self-acceptance and self-control of the individual; authoritarian style - low level of harassment and low self-esteem; indifferent style - the possible development of children's emotional alienation, anxiety, isolation and distrust of others or high willpower, manifestations of creative potential, activity, prosociality (as a high level of compensatory personality); liberal - a high level (inadequacy) of self-esteem. We see further consideration of this problem in a more detailed study of the main styles of family upbringing, and their impact on the formation of individual personality aspects in general.