FEATURES OF AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR IN PRESCHOOL CHILDREN: PSYCHODIAGNOSTICS AND CORRECTION

Abstract

Theoretical analysis of the manifestation peculiarities of aggressive behavior of preschool children has been done in the article. Children’s aggression is a widespread behavior among children, reflecting the difficulties of the transition process to the social type of child’s existence in society, mastering of social norms, formation of more adaptive forms of behavior in accordance with the requirements of the social environment. The reactive component dominates in aggressive behavior of a child, the basis of which is violation of interrelations with close environment, a child experiences discomfort in a particular situation and in a system of relations. Psychological support is systematically organized activity of a psychologist on formation of social and psychological conditions for successful development of a child. The tactics of psychological influence should be constructed depending on the nature and the content of aggressive behavior of a child. Among the tendencies of psychological support of aggressive child, the most effective are: socialization of aggressiveness; teaching children the methods of selfregulation, ability to control oneself in different situation; formation of new stereotypes of behavior and communicative skills; forming ability to empathy (using such mechanisms for empathy formation as emotional infection and identification), etc. The analysis of the empirical research results of psychological peculiarities of preschool children aggressive behavior showed, that increased aggressiveness is manifested in most children of the sample, as reflection of spontaneity and impulsivity. Theoretical analysis of existing studies shows that children with high degree of aggression are more likely to be socially incompetent in conflict issues and they have expressed deficit of basic social skills and abilities. Therefore, timely detection of aggressive tendencies in behavior of preschool children and their elimination by means of psycho correctional work is an actual problem.