Bychkova S. Psychological and legal characteristics of deprivation of parental rights

The dissertation is a complex scientific research of deprivation of parental rights as a psychological and legal problem. General theoretical and methodological bases for the research of deprivation of parental rights have been identified. In the appropriate context, the state of development of the problem of deprivation of parental rights in psychological science has been investigated, survey methodology on deprivation of parental rights as a psychological and legal problem has been determined, and a comparative analysis of the approaches to deprivation of parental rights in different countries has been conducted. Psychological and legal characteristics of the grounds for deprivation of parental rights have been provided. It has been established that all actions related to the grounds for deprivation of parental rights pose a significant risk to the child’s development and health (both physical and mental), negatively influence his (her) socialization and mental formation. After all, the child’s psyche is unsteady, unstable, the child is easily exposed to any influence (both positive and negative one) by others, and above all, those closest to him (her), imitates their behavior. The psychological content and correlation of the grounds for deprivation of parental rights have been determined. It has been argued that quite often several grounds exist simultaneously, and sometimes it is even impossible to separate one ground from the other one, because the act falls within the attributes of each of them. Besides, it has been substantiated that the commission of acts that constitute grounds for deprivation of parental rights is always accompanied by psychological abuse of the child.