title: [Psychological consequences of neurologic motor impairment from a developmental perspective].
abstract: Human development is a process that continues throughout an individuals life. Any change of structure of function, not only of a progressive type, is a developmental change. Developmental defects of the neural tube, such an various form of myelomeningocele, which manifest themselves during the early stages of the intrauterine life, have an impact on the individuals further development. Its intensity depends on the extend of the defect itself, the feasibility of its correction (usually by surgical means) and a number of external, environmental factors which have an indirect influence on a child's development. The psychological consequences of such defects take the form of various disturbances in the development of cognitive processes: mainly the perception of the outside world and the formation of the cognitive structures involved in self-image formation. At every stage of his and her development, an individual of with a neural-tube defects is subject to many forms of social influence. These may either stimulate or hamper development. It is possible that mental development deficiencies observed in some individuals at a later stage result not so much from the defect itself as from the lack of appropriate social stimuli. The specific problems of children and adolescents (aged 13 to 17) with sacro-lumbar myelomeningocele have been discussed on the basic of a pilot study conducted at the hospital in Radziszów in the years 1996-1998.
authors.affiliation: Zakład Psychologii Wychowawczej i Rehabilitacyjnej, Instytut Spraw Publicznych, Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Makiełło-Jarzowa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gerc
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002657:Child Development; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*
vernacular_title: Konsekwencje psychologiczne niepełnosprawności ruchowej o podłozu neurologicznym w ujeciu rozwojowym.