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The proposed book is the first systematic presentation of the factors of influence of the father's personality and his image on mental development in the national psychological literature, described within the framework of basic psychological concepts and revealed in modern research. For the first time, the author identifies stable and relatively independent aspects of the importance of the father for mental development, describes the dynamics of changes in the father's image in adolescence, presents modern research on the influence of the father figure and his image on the level of emotional well-being and the formation of gender-role identity in adolescents of different sex and age groups; considers the possibilities of psychodiagnostics of the father's image.

The book is intended for students of psychology, sociologists, cultural studies, specialists in the field of developmental psychology, personality psychology, child and family psychotherapists, practical psychologists working in the educational and social spheres, teachers, social workers and anyone interested in mental development.