Socio-psychological Needs of Parents and Characteristics of Relationships in Family

In the article, the basic socio-psychological needs of parents (inclusion, control, affection) are considered as a factor of relationships in the family. The article presents the results of a study of couples and their preschool children, which showed that the socio-psychological needs of the mother and father determine the interaction parameters in pairs “mother-child”/“father-child”, attitude of mother/father to the family, husband/wife, the child's attitude to mother/father. It is shown that the degree of the need for inclusion sets a high intensity of the positive attitude towards the family of both men and women; that the need for control/dependency of the parents plays a special role in shaping the child's attitude towards his mother and father; that the mother's need for affection from other people determines the interaction parameters with her child; that the socio-psychological needs of fathers, less than mothers, determine the characteristics of their interaction with their child.