Psychological Defense and Coping in the Prognosis of Children Mental Adaptation

The present study investigates the adaptive behavior formation of school-age children with typical development and learning difficulties. We have suggested that the psychological defenses intensity in certain time periods and referencing to the activity degree of coping strategies choosing may help to predict the state of children psychological adaptation. The study showed that in group of children with learning difficulties comparing to the typically developing children group the representation of coping strategies focusing on passive distraction is higher in children with a low adaptation level. We have investigated that disadaptation factors in junior pupils with learning difficulties are directly associated with the selection indicators of externalizational coping.