title: [Psychological study of maternal attitudes towards children with cerebral palsy].
abstract: Psychologic study of maternal attitude in 62 mothers of infantile cerebral paralysis patients has revealed that mother's cognitive and emotional spheres were changing as a child grew older. Maternal attitude of women having little children was acceptance because the notions of the defect and the disease sequelae were incomplete and emotional experience had a defensive nature. With the notions of the deficit and disease aftereffects being objective at pre-school age of a child, the maternal attitude shifted to unacceptance. Spontaneous maternal attitude, be it acceptance of a protective nature or rejection, promotes inadequate personality development and requires psychological correction. The forming of an optimal parental position should involve increased competence, corrected parental expectations and demands.
authors.forename: O L
authors.initials: OL
authors.lastname: Romanova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009034:Mother-Child Relations
vernacular_title: Psikhologicheskoe issledovanie osobennosteĭ materinskoĭ pozitsii zhenshchin, deti kotorykh stradaiut tserebral'nym paralichom.