| Thus, children raised in institutions for children without maternal care and affection, characterized by lower intellectual level, emotional immaturity, disinhibition, flattened. They are also characterized by increased aggression in relationships with peers, lack of selectivity and persistence of emotional attachment to adults ("clingy" quickly become attached to anyone, but just as quickly to wean). Long-term effects of maternal indifference to child occur at the level of personal distortions. |