Adaptation of children from complete and broken families to kindergarten
Adaptation of children from complete and broken families to kindergarten

Summary/Abstract: Aim. The aim of the research presented in this article is to learn and describe the diffe- rences in selected factors of family life, such as parental attitudes and children’s attitudes towards parents in complete and broken families, and to determine the significance of these factors in differentiating children’s adaptation to kindergarten.Methods and materials. To verify the assumptions made, the following research tools were used: A questionnaire for the assessment of the child’s adaptation to the CBI, by E. Schaefer and M. Aronson; a Questionnaire of Parental Attitudes PARI and Test of Two Houses by W. Szyryński were used to assess the emotional relations between a child and its parents. In addition, document analysis focused on information on parents was used. Results. It was found that children from broken families tend to be shy, less open in social contacts, less persistent at work, and less adapted to kindergarten. In terms of parental attitudes, it was found that parents from broken families are less interested in the needs of children and more willing to discipline them than parents in complete families and that there is a significant correlation between parents’ attitudes and the level of children’s adaptation to kindergarten within the studied group. With regard to the study of children’s emotional attitudes towards their parents, it has been established that in both complete and broken families, mothers are the most preferred people. It was also found that less positive emotional relationships between children and parents in broken families are associated with lower levels of adaptation to kindergarten.

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