PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF MALADAPTIVE MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS IN THE FAMILY AFTER DIVORCE

Mykhalchuk N. та Antyukhova N. (2026) PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF MALADAPTIVE MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS IN THE FAMILY AFTER DIVORCE. Психологія: реальність і перспективи, 2026: Вип. 26. с. 68-78. ISSN 2518-7503

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In our research we’ve shown that in psychological works for practicing psychologists the concept of “adaptive situation” means a system of external prerequisites for the subject that motivate, facilitate and mediate the person’s attitude to life, his/her vital energy, activity, under which conditions the external adaptive position for the subject means: 1. The external adaptive position for the subject is perceived in spatial and temporal terms – as some external location in accordance with the paradigm of space and temporal boundaries. 2. Purely in temporal terms as a warning of maladaptive, destructive and aggressive actions of the subject. 3. In functional and paradigmatic terms “adaptive situation” is a significant independence from the space of the corresponding prerequisites or conditions of the individual at the time of manifestation of actions, different forms of activities and the paradigm of life activity.
We distinguish three types of adaptive data contained in the adaptive situation of social interaction: 1. Purely objective adaptive prerequisites in which an individual or society acts adaptively. These prerequisites are a set of adaptive values, such as economic, social, spiritual, religious, axiological, intellectual and others, which directly or indirectly, explicitly or implicitly, but always adaptively, affect the state of cognition of an individual by other people or a micro￾group, as well as by an individual. 2. The attitudes existing in an individual or micro-group, which at a given moment in time have a real impact on the adaptive behavior of the individual. 3. The definition of an adaptive situation, which constitutes a more or less adaptive concept of the prerequisites for the development of the individual, the formation and awareness of its values, attitudes, desires and ideals.
We believe that the concept of “adaptive situation of personal development” is usually used to denote an adaptive social environment that can be used most optimally for the adaptive development of a child. An adaptive situation of personal development should be considered, as we suggest, in accordance with the harmonization of the child’s personal characteristics and the qualities of the person who acts in this situation, performs activities in comparison with the adaptive activity itself. In particular, we argue that the adaptive situation of personal development, in which the child’s behavior is carried out, often does not remain unchanged, but, on the contrary, significantly changes under the influence of the child’s behavior (activity) towards its harmonization, due to which new adaptive qualities of the subject are arisen. According to scientists, each adaptive situation dictates its own style of adaptive behavior and actions of the child: in each adaptive act, a person “presents” himself/herself and his/her personal qualities and characteristics differently, and if this “self-presentation” is not adaptive or adequate, then social interaction will be considered complicated or maladaptive.
So, we propose the following types of maladaptive relationships between a mother and a child in a family after divorce: Sudden maladaptive relationships, when there is no time and any opportunity to prepare and plan one’s own activities. This includes the situation of parental divorce, the situation of the death of one or both parents, the situation of the death of a brother or sister, as well as situations when a child together with the mother found themselves in a space where an earthquake, fire, war in Ukraine, etc. is taking place. Emerging and directly formative maladaptive relationships. They provide considerable time for research and planning one’s own activities, one’s actions, when the task was to conduct psycho-correction of the child’s maladaptive states before the psychological crisis enters the most critical phase. Permanent, long-term maladaptive relationships, which can last for months or years, despite the efforts of both parties (mother and child) to eliminate them.

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