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Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology
2015. Vol. 4, no. 2, 5–10
doi:10.17759/jmfp.2015040201
ISSN: 2304-4977 (online)

Modern problems of orphans

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A.N. Larin, I.N. Konopleva

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Abstract

The article analyses the foreign publications, concerning the main problems of children left without parental care. It provides international statistics on the number of orphans in the world. The article analyses the situation of orphans in Africa, whose parents died from AIDS, and specifies difficulties in life maintenance of such children. The article characterizes orphans living in institutional settings, and the impact of institutional education on the psychological wellbeing of these children. It also identifies some features of orphans living in hard circumstances.

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Keywords: children, poverty, psychological problems, orphans, HIV/AIDS infection

Journal rubric: Developmental Psychology and Age-Related Psychology

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/jmfp.2015040201

For citation: Larin A.N., Konopleva I.N. Modern problems of orphans [Elektronnyi resurs]. Sovremennaia zarubezhnaia psikhologiia = Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology, 2015. Vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 5–10. DOI: 10.17759/jmfp.2015040201. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

A. N. Larin, Post-graduate Student, Chair of Clinical and Forensic Psychology, Department of Legal Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russia, e-mail: aaalll999@rambler.ru

Inga N. Konopleva, PhD in Psychology, Docent, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical and Forensic Psychology, Faculty of Legal and Forensic Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8540-8667, e-mail: konopleva.i.n@gmail.com

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