Comparative analysis of voluntary qualities development among healthy and frequently and chronically ill children of senior preschool age

Statement of the problem. The period of preschool age is a necessary and significant period for the beginning of the formation of the volitional aspect of the personality. This predetermines the interest in studying this issue. The relevance of studying the development of volitional qualities of frequently and chronically ill children is explained by an increase in the proportion of somatically sick children and becomes especially important in connection with the search for effective ways of raising these children. The purpose of this article is to study the systemic characteristics of the development of volitional qualities in healthy and frequently and chronically ill children in a comparative aspect. The methodological basis of the study includes the activity approach, cultural and historical concept of the development of higher mental functions, and the theory of internalization in the formation of mental functions. Theoretical research methods, empirical methods, and methods of statistical analysis were used. Research results. The study made it possible to reveal: the peculiarities of the development of volitional qualities in the group of healthy children and in the group of frequently and chronically ill children; the dynamics of the development of individual qualities; heterogeneity in the nature of the development of individual volitional qualities. The article provides a discussion of the revealed features in the development of volitional qualities of frequently and chronically ill children. Conclusion. The results allow us to assess the formation of volitional qualities in healthy and somatically sick contemporary preschool children. The presented information helps to build pedagogical work on the formation of volitional qualities in preschool children and to provide effective psychological and pedagogical assistance to children and their parents.