Wpływ dzieciństwa na późniejsze życie człowieka

Abstract

The first significant works on this subject come from the 1920s. It was then that Taegie and Anderson came to conclusion, that deviations in the behaviour of adults can be traced back to family relationships in their childhood. Research focused’on the results of wrong parental attitudes (Symonds) and lack of maternal care (Bolwby, Spitz). The biggest problems were found to be posed by children coming from child - unfriendly families, hostile, non-accepting and inflicting severepunishments, or from ones indiferent to the child (Lewicki). These children show lack of capacity for permanent emotionalties, no perseverance, changeability of plans. They may also turn out to be social misfits (Ziemska). Observations were made on effects of child’s isolations from his interrelations between mother and child, as well as the influence of the absence of the father on child’s development. The results of the research show that childhood experiences, the presence or absence of the parents, their behaviour, and especially their emotional attitudes, the quality of their feelings and the way they Tevealed them, exert a significant influence on an adult’s psyche.