SPECIAL TRAITS OF SELF-ATTITUDE DEVELOPMENT IN TEENAGERS COMING FROM SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES
The aim of this study is to investigate special traits of self-attitude development in teenagers coming from single-parent families as compared to teenagers brought up in full families. To study special traits of self-attitude development in teenagers coming from single-parent families, S.R. Pantileyev’s “The Technique of Self-Attitude Studying” was used. The results of the study demonstrate that family is one of the most important factors influencing the development of teenagers’ self-attitude. The process of self-attitude development in teenagers depends, largely, upon the conditions formed in single-parent families and those in full ones. The article reveals that teenagers from single-parent families are more prone to inner disarray, self-blaming, inclination towards self-analysis and reflexing taking place against the general negative emotional background of self-attitude as compared to teenagers from full families for whom a sense of self-value and positive self- assessment is characteristic.