Socio-psychological Adaptation and Intellectual Development Peculiarities of Children with Various Forms of Dysontogenesis

Abstract

The paper presents the results of the study of intelligence level and structure, and these characteristics connection with the level of socio-psychological adaptation of 100 children with various forms of dysontogenesis. Using clinical and psychological, anamnestic and psychometric (WISC) methods from 8 to 14-year-old children with predominant cognitive dysfunction (group 1; 53 % of children; mean IQ=70,75) and with predominant personal and behavioral disorders due to organic brain lesions (group 2; 43 % of children; mean IQ=91,60, p<0,001) were compared. It was found that the level of social adaptation of children from group 1 is positively correlated with indicators of WISC verbal domains «Arithmetic» and «Similarity» and with verbal IQ. In the group of children with personal and behavioral abnormalities (group 2) the level of social and psychological adjustment correlates with only one WISC measure «Folding figures». Thus, the success of social adaptation of children with impaired cognitive function is mainly associated with the level of understanding and verbal communication skills, and for the children with personal and behavioral abnormalities it is associated with constructive design skills, the development of intuitive thinking, spatial analysis and synthesis. These data may contribute to the purposeful conduct and, in general, a more complete integration of children with mental disabilities.