Tėvų emigraciją patyrusių vaikų asmenybiniai bruožai ir jų emocinį ugdymą sąlygojantys socialiniai mitai

Abstract

Firstly this paper deals with statistical data from Lithuanian Parliament on emigration issues, i.e. tendencies of vast emigration among the Lithuanians, peculiarities of social development and dynamism. Secondly, some personal features (e.g. loneliness, aggressiveness, withdrawal, emotional liability, latent behavioral issues etc.) of primary school children, who have experienced their parents' emigration, have been revealed within this research as well. On the other hand, according to N. Chomsky, J. James, R. Friedman and L. Matthews, there are still many predominant social myths on emotional education especially of those emigration children, when society in most cases does not accept negative emotions of others rather than deals with them openly and sincerely. Thus, in such an individualistic context/perspective, children usually suffer not only loss of their loving ones (even though for a short period of time), but also denial of their own natural negative feelings from outside. Such socio-cultural phenomenon affects children's socialization emotionally and behaviorally (cognitive aspect was not the object of this survey).