Keyword: «child anxiety»

The article presents a theoretical analysis of the concept of the role of the parental relationship in the development of anxiety in children of older preschool age. Through an analysis of the understanding of the parental relationship and its individual types, the author shows the prerequisites for the development of childhood anxiety in rejecting, overly controlling and demanding, as well as symbiotic types of parental relationship, opposing them to the receiving type, which minimizes the emotional tension of the child in the family and reduces the likelihood of anxiety stable personality traits.

The article reveals the current problem of anxiety in children of early preschool age. To identify the anxiety state in children, a testing method was used, and a questionnaire method was used to assess parents' child anxiety. Since non-coincidences were identified, then a long-term observation was carried out. A relatively young method of fairy tale therapy is considered as a tool for reducing the level of child anxiety. The article describes a study conducted in order to obtain data on the feasibility of using fairy tale therapy in dealing with anxiety in preschool children.