The Influence of Mothers’ Consolation Strategies on Infants Mental Development

Abstract

As a result of experimental study established that infants at the age of 12 months, whose mothers were adequately taught to use oral consolation, a qualitative dialogue and a game to support the balance of child mental activity, showed higher indicators of such development as social adaptation, perception and cognitive activity, speech, etc. compared with the control group. After being separated the infants, without depending on stress level separation, were searching the contact with mother more actively and showing the behavior of avoiding mother less under a intensive stress.