Parental Roles and Types of Parentings as Determinants of a Preschooler's Emotional and Personal Well-being

This article concerns the problem of parent-child relationship and its consequences for the emotional and personal well-being of a preschooler.The modern family is undergoing a crisis, characterized by decreased adult responsibility for the full personal development of a child. However, it is the psychological climate and especially the specific features of family relationships that play a decisive role in this process. Preschool childhood is an important period in the formation of a child's personality, determining its future development prospects. The primary goal of our research was to reveal interrelationship between parental functional roles as well as types of parentings and the self-esteem and anxiety of an older preschooler.According to the results we can say that as elements of the parent-child relationship structure parental relationships and functional parental roles have a significant impact on the emotional and personal well-being of a preschooler.