CHILDS ATTACHMENT TO MOTHER AND SELF-IMAGE IN EARLY-CHILDHOOD

The correlation between such parameters as attachment specificity, the level of child's self-image development, mother's self-image, mother' s evaluation of her attachment to the child and her subjective evaluat ion of child's attachment to her is shown. It is demonstrated that chi ld's high level of self-image development corresponds to more pronounc es independence. The mothers of such children are characterised by hig h level of self-image, strong attachment to a child which they judge t o be stronger than child's attachment to mother. On the contrary, chil dren with low level of self-image demonstrate affective, non-stable at tachment to mother, and their mothers are characterised by lower self- evaluation and judge their attachment to a child to be weaker that chi ld's attachment to them.