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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «PSICHOLOGIYA»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «PSYCHOLOGY»
ISSN 2304-1226 (Print)

List of issues > Series «Psychology». 2026. Vol 56

Parents’ View of Child’s Functional Role in a Child-Centered Family

Author(s)

E. A. Klescheva

Baranovichi State University, Baranovichi, Republic of Belarus

Abstract
The article presents the results of the study of parents’ view of child’s functional role. The author suggests that family hierarchy plays a significant role in differentiating child’s role. A childcentered family has an inversion family hierarchy with a child at its top, while a traditional family has a traditional family hierarchy headed by parents. The technique Social Family Roles by E. N. Vasilyeva, A. М. Orlova has been used. The study has found that in a child-centered family there are three functional child’s roles: “child – intermediary of parent’s self-realization”, “child – object of love, nurturing, and care”, “child – provider of feelings as a resource for parents”. These roles are differentiated by the repertoire of prioritized functions of a child. They depend on child’s gender, birth order, and whether it is a full or single-parent family.
About the Authors
Klescheva Elena Anatolievna, Candidate of Sciences (Psychology), Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Pedagogy and Social-Humanitarian Disciplines Baranovichi State University 62, Parkavaja st, Brestskaya oblast, Baranavichi, 225401, Republic of Belarus, e-mail: elena-klescheva@mail.ru
For citation
Klescheva E.A. Parents’ View of Child’s Functional Role in a Child-Centered Family. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Psychology, 2026, vol. 56, pp. 32-44. https://doi.org/10.26516/2304-1226.2026.56.32 (in Russian)
Keywords
child-centered family, traditional family, family role, child’s role in a family, parents’ view.
UDC
159.9:316.6
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2304-1226.2026.56.32
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