Соматические, тревожные и депрессивные симптомы у детей-сирот и детей, оставшихся без попечения родителей

Сибирский психологический журнал. 2024. № 91. С. 174–188.

Zolotareva A., Хегай А. С.

The orphanhood is one of the key social problems of modern Russia, while Russian experts note the lack of psychosomatic research of orphans and children without parental care. The aim of this study was to examine somatic, anxiety, and depressive symptoms in orphans and children without parental care. The participants were 165 children brought up in orphanages. All children completed the Children’s Somatic Symptoms Inventory-24 (CSSI-24) and Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale-30 (RCADS-30). Results showed that 18% orphans and children without parental care stated somatization, 24% reported symptoms of major depressive disorder, 16% reported symptoms of panic disorder, 30% reported symptoms of social phobia, 7% reported symptoms of separation anxiety disorder, 91% reported symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder, and 38% reported symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Somatization was found in 38% of children with symptoms of major depressive disorder, in 50% of children with symptoms of panic disorder, in 29% of children with symptoms of social phobia, in 45% of children with symptoms of separation anxiety disorder, in 39% of children with symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder, and in 25% of children who have symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Somatic, anxiety and depressive symptoms were common in orphaned girls and children returned from foster families, and also decreased with the length of stay in orphanages. In conclusion, somatic, anxiety and depressive symptoms are common and interrelated in orphans and children without parental care. Knowledge of these patterns can be useful not only for scientists, but also for physicians and psychologists.

Keywords: сиротство, дети-сироты, orphans, orphanhood, соматические симптомы, дети, оставшиеся без попечения родителей, anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, депрессивные симптомы, somatic symptoms, тревожные симптомы, children without parental care