The paper presents results of a study on the relationship between psychological well-being of adolescents and features of their parents’ communication. The study involved 92 subjects: 46 adolescents aged 13—14 years, studying in one of the Moscow schools, and their mothers (46 females). The adolescents’ psychological well-being was measured with the Piers-Harris Self-Concept Scale (scales VI, VII and VIII), the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale, and with the questionnaire by I.М. Markovskaya. Features of parental communication were assessed using the social skills questionnaire by V.F. Ryakhovskiy, the Self-Monitoring Scale by M. Snyder, and the Questionnaire Measure of Emotional Empathy by A. Mehrabian and N. Epstein. The study revealed a five-factor structure of psychological well-being of the adolescents and of their perception of childparent relations. It showed a correlation between the level of parental emotional response and the adolescents' assessments of consent in their relationships with the parents. The adolescents’ satisfaction with communication with peers was also related to their parents’ social skills. Low and pronounced communicative skills of the parents are associated with high and average levels of adolescent satisfaction with peer communication respectively; normal communicative skills in the parents is associated with low satisfaction in the adolescents. The paper concludes with a discussion on the application of the obtained results in psychological counseling and psychological education of parents.

The aim — to determine the dynamics of motor preparedness of middle classes.Materials and methods. Analysis of pedagogical and methodological literature; interviews with experts, questionnaire; surveillance; teacher testing. In testing was attended by 100 students, 10 boys and 10 girls from 5 to 9 classes.Conclusions. The overall level of the physical condition of the body and motor pidhotovlensti students has a low level. Individual assessment of each motor readiness zoriyentovuye on the development of motor skills and provides an opportunity to identify ways to self-motor readiness of children of secondary school age.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a disorder of neurodevelopmental type that is frequently diagnosed in childhood. Today between 3% and 6% of Swedish schoolchildren are diagnosed with ADHD. Corresponding statistics about the number of Ukrainian children diagnosed with ADHD are not openly available. The purpose of this cross-cultural study is to investigate if there is a difference in attitudes between Ukraine (Kiev) and Sweden (Stockholm) towards ADHD diagnosed. During this study both primary and secondary research were conducted. The result of secondary research showed that there is a large stigma around ADHD diagnosis, therefore children suffering from ADHD are at high risk to be confronted with prejudice and discrimination. The primary research consisted of an opinion poll, that was answered by 40 parents with children in elementary school (aged 6-16), in each country. The poll consisted of different statements about a fictitious child X, diagnosed with ADHD, that a respondent had to take a stand to. When analyzing and compering the results of both respondent groups (Ukrainian group and Swedish group) it was possible to identify a correlation between missing knowledge and negative attitudes, a correlation proved by several earlier studies that are included in the secondary research. The result from the primary study showed that the attitude towards children with ADHD is more negative in Ukraine. The potential reason behind this result is primary the increased knowledge of the diagnosis in Sweden as well as the positive representation of ADHD in the Swedish media that contributes to a more tolerant and positive stance towards children with ADHD.The study also showed that views on discipline and corporal punishment of children differ between countries.In Ukraine, there are more people who believe that ADHD can be prevented with hard discipline, compared to Sweden.Thus, more negative attitude towards ADHD can be based on the view that the diagnosis is a result of poor upbringing.