The Problem of Life-Arrangements of Orphans and Children Left without Parental Care: International Practice and Research

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Abstract

The life-arrangements of orphans and children left without parental care is one of the major challenges of our time. The paths of socialization, entrance to the full-scale life of such a child are difficult and very diverse. Both domestic and foreign studies show that there are advantages and disadvantages in each of them. The main objective of this review is a weighted analysis of the circumstances of the child's placement in the existing care systems in a given State system. Clearly, the characteristics of personal development and life history of the child are considered as important conditions. The closest experience of life-arrangements of orphans and children left without parental care to Russia’s is of Eastern Europe, namely the most attention is given to the studies of our colleagues from Serbia.

General Information

Keywords: deinstitutionalization, foster family, disadaptation, syndrome of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Journal rubric: Social Psychology

For citation: Makhortova G.H. The Problem of Life-Arrangements of Orphans and Children Left without Parental Care: International Practice and Research [Elektronnyi resurs]. Psikhologicheskaya nauka i obrazovanie psyedu.ru [Psychological Science and Education psyedu.ru], 2009. Vol. 1, no. 4 (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Guzel H. Makhortova, PhD in Psychology, Senior Researcher, Laboratory of Psychological-Pedagogical Problems of Orphanage and Child Neglect Prevention, Moscow State University of psychology and education (MSUPE), Moscow, Russia, e-mail: gula@front.ru

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