CHILDREN-PARENTAL RELATIONSHIP FEATURES OF SMALL PEOPLES OF THE NORTH
The article is devoted to the study of children-parent relations in the families of small peoples of the North (Evens) living a traditional way of life and engaged in deer-raising. Evens families were compared with Russian and Yakut families living in the city and in the countryside. The Parent Attitude Questionnaire by A.Ya. Varga and V.V. Stolin and PARI (Parental Attitude Research Instrument) by E.S. Schaefer, R.K. Bell, in adaptation of T.V. Neshcheret were used. The study involved families with children of primary school age: 43 Even families living on the original territory with traditional nomadic lifestyle, 45 families from rural areas, 44 Russian-speaking families from Yakutsk. It was found that the positions of mothers and fathers are different. Thus, mothers living on the original territory (Even and Yakut mothers living in rural areas) are characterized by symbiotic relationships. Mothers in urban families adhere to the position of “authoritarian hyper-socialization”. The position of the Even and Yakut fathers living in rural areas has strong authoritarian features, while fathers who live in the city are less involved in the relationship with the child, more often ignore their interests and feelings. Symbiotic position of mothers and “authoritarian hyper-socialization” of fathers are typical for families residing on the native territory. It is, maybe, due to the traditional patriarchal type of relationships in these families, as well as to the security of necessary conditions for survival. In families living on the original territory, children-parent relations are largely determined by ethno-cultural family traditions. For families living in the urban environment, the manifestation of marginalization is characteristic for the children-parent relationships, as a lack of the sense of belonging to a particular social and ethno-cultural group.