THE CHILD NEGLECT AS A SOCIO-PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM

INTRODUCTION The problem of the child neglect, which arose at the end ХХ century in our society, remains relevant for Ukraine at the present time. This is primarily due to the political and economic crisis in which Ukrainian society is located, military actions in the east of the country, destabilization of social life, internal migration, which led to an increase in the number of families who are in difficult life situations and cannot provide support for their children. These factors lead to the proliferation of child neglect and the to increase the number of minors with deviant behavior. It should be noted that the problem of child neglect is interdisciplinary and studied by different specialists. In the scientific literature reveals a legal (V.O. Bolotova, I.V. Gorobets, N. Guivan, M.M. Gurenko, L. Kryvachuk, L.L. Tikhonenko) and socio-pedagogical aspects (G.M. Bevz, L.S. Volinets, I. Zvereva, A.Y. Kapska, N.M. Komarova G.M. Laktionova, V.M. Orzhehovska, etc.) problems of child neglect. In psychology, the relationship between the phenomenon of neglect and deviant behavior, its influence on the deformation of the personality and interpersonal relations is revealed (N.Yu. Maksimova, S.V. Mitina, I.V. Pesha, R.M. Tkach, Yu.M. Udovenko, T.A. Yurchenko etc.). However, there are not enough works devoted to the socio-psychological aspect of the study of the phenomenon of neglect of children and teenagers, a systematic analysis of the social and psychological prerequisites of the occurrence of this phenomenon. Meanwhile, taking into account socio-psychological factors would allow to apply a differentiated approach to providing psychological assistance to them and to determine the optimal forms of their livelihood in the process of re-socialization of neglected teenagers.