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- The effectiveness of a short-term program of psychological correction of propensity for extremism
- Kapustina T.V., Elzesser A.S., Kadyrov R.V., Matiozova A.N. The effectiveness of a short-term program of psychological correction of extremist authorities. Vestnik of Kostroma State University. Series: Pedagogy. Psychology. Sociokinetics., 2023, vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 66-72. ISSN 2073-1426. https://doi.org/10.34216/2073-1426-2023-29-4-66-72
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.34216/2073-1426-2023-29-4-66-72
- УДК: 159.9:316.6
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- Publish date: 2023-11-21
- Annotation: The article is devoted to approbation and determination of the effectiveness of a short-term program for psycho-correction of propensity to extremism. Prevention is an integral element of maintaining health, including mental health, in this case, the prevention of extremism is no exception. Since the personality of an extremist, according to a large number of studies, is characterized by multidirectionality, and extremism itself is not amenable to psychodiagnostics, the authors of this article gave a definition of the propensity to extremism through the prism of socio-psychological maladjustment, identified its criteria, and developed an express method for assessing the level of severity of propensity to extremism, which has been tested, standardized and validated. Based on this, the authors also developed a short-term program for the psychological correction of propensity for extremism. The sample of this study consisted of 411 students of 1-4 courses of various specialties of the Pacific State medical university, 30 of whom took part in the psychological correction program, because they had a tendency to extremism or a pronounced inclination. To assess the effectiveness of the program before its beginning and at the end, the following were used: Screening method, The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory Ch.D. Spielberger adapted by Yu.L. Khanin, Beck Depression Inventory, Subjective evaluation of interpersonal relations by S.V. Dukhnovsky. The results obtained showed that the passage of the psycho-correction program helps to reduce the aggressive-defensive position, the weakening of psycho-emotional stress, forms a more positive attitude towards oneself and one's life, as well as other people, and, most importantly, reduces the level of severity of propensity to extremism.
- Keywords: propensity for extremism, extremist tendencies, psychological correction, correction program, correction efficiency.
- Funding and acknowledgments: The work was carried out with the financial support of the RFBR and EISI within the framework of the scientific project No. 21-011-32151.
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