Ištirti motinų, uaginančių vaikus suraidos sutrikimais, vyraujančių vidinių reprezentacijų apie vaiką pobūdį, jų empatiškumo lygį bei vaiko įtaką šeimai. Nustatyti motin��, auginančių sutrikusios raidos vaikus, vyraujančių reprezentacijų pobūdį bei empatijos lygį, gautus rezultatus palyginti su motinų, auginančių sveikus vaikus, vyraujančių reprezentacijų pobūdžiu bei empatijos lygiu. / Purpose of the Work: to evaluate the nature of the prevailing internal representations about the child experienced by the mothers raising children with development disorders, their empathy level and the child’s influence on family. Tasks of the Work: to determine the nature of the prevailing representations experienced by the mothers raising children with development disorders, and their empathy level, and to compare the obtained results with the nature of the prevailing representations of mothers raising normally developing children, and their empathy level; to determine the dependence between the empathy level and nature of representations; to determine the influence that the children with development disorders have on family, and to compare the obtained results with the influence that normally developing children have on family; to determine the dependence between the level of influence on family and the style of representation, as well as the level of influence on family and empathy level.