Keyword: «frequently ill children»
The author conducts a theoretical analysis of the prerequisites for studying the characteristics of anxiety in frequently ill children of preschool age. It is concluded that the frequent diseases aggravate the physical and mental development of the child, determining the emergence of a number of features of the social situation of the older preschooler, among which the central characteristic is its deficiency (restrictions in the usual way of life on communicating with peers, role-playing game, as well as limitations of motor and cognitive activity).