Post-traumatic syndrome of preschool children: the nature, content, ways of overcoming

Authors

  • Anna TSVETKOVA National Pedagogical University by M.P. Drahomanova, Kyiv, Vyshhorod, Ukraine
  • Sofya DOVBNIA National Pedagogical University by M. P. Dragomаnov, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • Raisa SHULYGINA National Pedagogical University by M.P. Drahomanov, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • Kateryna VASYLETS National Pedagogical University by M.P. Drahomanov, Kyiv, Ukraine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.38014/ehs-ss.2023.3.12

Keywords:

post-traumatic syndrome, post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms, preschool children

Abstract

The essence of the post-traumatic syndrome (further in the issue bellow - the PTS) is distinguished in the article. The factors and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (further in the article PTSD) are singled out by authors and approaches to the diagnosis of the phenomena are pointed out. The traumatic events and features of psychophysiological predictors, which may indicate a greater probability of development of traumatic disorder in preschool children, are analyzed in the issue. The psychological and pedagogical conditions for effective overcoming post-traumatic stress disorder in preschool children were described within the study. The stages and contents of the professional activity of the psychologist with children are described for early diagnostics and a precise definition of the algorithm of work, what allows to provide early assistance to the child, as well as optimizing the time of expenditures for diagnosis and fixation of data.

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2023-09-30

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TSVETKOVA, A., DOVBNIA, S., SHULYGINA, R., & VASYLETS, K. (2023). Post-traumatic syndrome of preschool children: the nature, content, ways of overcoming. EUROPEAN HUMANITIES STUDIES: State and Society, 3(3), 146–171. https://doi.org/10.38014/ehs-ss.2023.3.12

Issue

No. 3 (2023): EUROPEAN HUMANITIES STUDIES: State and Society

Section

PSYCHOLOGICAL METHODS OF WORKING WITH PTSD IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

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