DISTURBED BONDS – CONSEQUENCES FOR MENTAL HEALTH OF A CHILD

• Main Author: Agnieszka MIKLEWSKA
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Rzeszow University of Technology 2021-09-01
• Series: Humanities and Social Sciences
• Subjects: disturbed bonds; child's mental health; psychosocial development; a typology of attachment disorders
• Online Access: https://journals.prz.edu.pl/hss/article/view/304

The article is a theoretical analysis of consequences arising from shaping disturbed bonds for the mental health of a child. It describes a typology of attachment disorders and indicates their consequences for the psychosocial development of a child and an adolescent in terms of psychosocial development, regulation of emotions, motivation, and cognitive skills. This knowledge may be an important element in the prevention of disturbances in the emotional development of children and their possible treatment. Bonds are a relatively permanent construct, significantly affecting a child's mental health, however, they may change as a result of a change in their relationship with the primary caregiver and a better adjustment between them, appropriate responses to the child's needs, or worsening of these relationships. Particular attention in prevention of mental health disorders in children should be paid to the abilities and limitations of cooperation among professionals of different fields: judges, experts, advisors, mediators and therapists.