Peculiarities of Cooperation with a Negative Emotional State in Mothers Raising Children of Early Age

• Published in: Психология и Психотерапия Семьи Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 5 - 27
• Main Authors: Berezinа Alexandra V., Babina Asya V.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Regional NGO "Association of Family Counselors and Therapists" 01.03.2023
• Subjects: coping behavior; motherhood; negative emotional state; young children
• ISSN: 2587-6783
• DOI: 10.24412/2587-6783-2023-1-5-27

The article is devoted to the study of coping behavior with a negative emotional state of mothers raising children 1–3 years old. The process of giving birth and raising a child is associated for a woman with certain difficulties and experiencing a high level of psychological stress, which determines the relevance of the study. The study tested hypotheses about the differences in the manifestation of a negative emotional state and the choice of coping behavior by mothers with one child 1–3 years old and mothers with two or more children, one of whom is 1–3 years old. The obtained results show the differences between the groups in the coping strategy "positive reassessment" and in such parameters of the emotional state as personal anxiety, the general indicator of depression and manifestations of cognitive symptoms of depression, as well as a tendency to differences in situational anxiety. The correlation analysis made it possible to identify the relationship between various parameters of the emotional state and the chosen coping strategies both for the whole sample and for each of the two groups (mothers with one child 1–3 years old and mothers raising two or more children, one of whom is 1–3 years old). At the end of the article, general recommendations are given for providing psychological assistance to women raising children 1–3 years old. Different directions of work are proposed to reduce the negative emotiona state of mothers raising children 1–3 years old, the choice of which depends on whether a woman is raising one child of this age or several children, one of whom is 1–3 years old.