Kseniya Kyzmina

The paper presents results of the empirical study of peculiarities of self-relation and self-appraisal of teenagers from families with various types of child-parent relations. The author demonstrates that the adoption of a child and cooperation with him is conducive to the formation of an adequate self-appraisal and positive self-relation, whereas attitude to a child as to a ‘little loser’ results in his alienation; excessive control and symbiosis distort self-comprehension.