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Clinical Psychology and Special Education
2025. Vol. 14, no. 2, 96–113
doi:10.17759/cpse.2025140206
ISSN: 2304-0394 (online)

Features of the emotional sphere of children of primary school age with atopic dermatitis in comparison with children with type I diabetes mellitus and healthy children

 
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Abstract

Context and relevance. The study was conditioned by the need to develop effective measures for prevention and treatment of atopic dermatitis among primary school children. Materials and methods. The study sample included 78 primary school children aged 7–12 years and their mothers (n = 78). The experimental group (n = 28) included children diagnosed with atopic dermatitis (18 girls, 10 boys). Children without pathologies (n = 30, 18 girls, 12 boys) and children diagnosed with type I diabetes mellitus (n = 20, 10 girls, 10 boys) served as control groups. Methods: the self-esteem study technique "Ladder" (author S.G. Jacobson, modified by A.S. Fetisova, T.I. Suryaninova), the Manifest Anxiety Scale for Children (CMAS), the Child Depression Questionnaire (author M. Kovacs, adapted by S.V. Volikova, A.B. Kholmogorova). In the subgroup of mothers, the techniques for determining the level of child aggression (G.P. Lavrentyeva, T.M. Titarenko) and the questionnaire of child-parent interaction by E.I. Zakharova were used. Results. Children with atopic dermatitis were found to have higher rates of aggressive and depressive reactions compared to healthy children and children with type I diabetes mellitus, they are more likely to express emotional reactions in interpersonal relationships. Impaired self-esteem is found in all compared groups, but self-esteem disorders are significantly more common in groups of children with chronic diseases. In the group of children with atopic dermatitis, infantile self-esteem is significantly more common compared to children with type I diabetes and healthy children. The most severe self-esteem disorders are found in children with type I diabetes. Emotional relations in families with children with atopic dermatitis are characterized by a greater focus on the child's condition when organizing interactions and less physical contact. The emotional sphere of children with atopic dermatitis is determined by the nature of family relationships, the specific characteristics of the disease, and the child's self-esteem.

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Keywords: atopic dermatitis, type I diabetes mellitus, guilt, increased anxiety, unreasonable hostility, depressive reactions, impaired self-esteem, social development situation

Journal rubric: Empirical Research

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/cpse.2025140206

Acknowledgements. The authors would like to thank the participants and colleagues for their cooperation.

Received 04.07.2024

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For citation: Suryaninova, T.I., Petrachevskaya, Y.L., Fetisova, A.S. (2025). Features of the emotional sphere of children of primary school age with atopic dermatitis in comparison with children with type I diabetes mellitus and healthy children. Clinical Psychology and Special Education, 14(2), 96–113. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.17759/cpse.2025140206

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Information About the Authors

Tatyana I. Suryaninova, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Associate Professor, Department of General and Clinical Psychology, Kursk State Medical University, Kursk, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0484-5997, e-mail: suryaninovati@kursksmu.net

Yulia L. Petrachevskaya, Candidate of Science (Economics), Associate Professor, Department of General and Clinical Psychology, Kursk State Medical University, Kursk, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4478-5316, e-mail: mdm.jl@mail.ru

Alexandra S. Fetisova, Assistant, Chair of Pediatrics, Kursk State Medical University, Kursk, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3972-7835, e-mail: kypck046@bk.ru

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