Protection Factors vs. Risk Factors of Adolescent Deviant Behavior: Transformation Features

Identificator

EDN: TPZAXA ; УДК: 159.922.8

Authors

Polyakova Irina Vadimovna, PhD in Psychology, associate professor of the Department of General Psychology, Smolensk State University. Russia, Smolensk. ORCID: 0000-0003-2054-4390. E-mail: alisapolyak@mail.ru

Journal

HERALD OF VYATKA STATE UNIVERSITY №3 (157), 2025

Section

PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Pages

101-110

Abstract

The growth and prevalence of behavioral disorders in adolescents indicate problems with social adaptation and the need to adopt a system of preventive measures ensuring their psychological safety and well-being. The study of the specific features of adolescents' behavior at different stages of their development is connected with the need for the timely prevention of deviations in the development of their psyche and the formation of their personality. The aim of the study was to comparatively correlate the severity of protective factors and risk factors of deviant behavior identified during the socio-psychological testing of adolescents. The hypothesis that the ratio of protective and risk factors differs at different stages of adolescence received experimental confirmation. The study involved 325 adolescents enrolled in grades 7–11 (aged 13–17 years). The measurement was carried out using the "Unified Methodology of Socio-Psychological Testing" questionnaire (hereinafter USPT). The ranking of the results made it possible to identify the structure and dynamics of the transformation of risk and protective factors in accordance with the age characteristics of adolescents. The highest exposure to the risk factor was found in seventh-graders. The level of the decrease in risk factors is heterogeneous and heterochronous in character. Risk factors specific to each stage of adolescence were identified. The specifics of mastering protective factors are described, consisting in the transformation of interactive models into "intrapsychic" ones, within the framework of which interaction with surrounding people is carried out. The results obtained are applicable for the development and/or refinement of a strategy for working with students at any stage of adolescence, as well as for the effective determination of the methods and techniques of psychological and pedagogical correction in individual and group modes of work with adolescents.

Keywords

adolescents adaptation deviant behavior protective and risk factors of deviant behavior risk propensity

Recieved

15.04.2025

Published

16.07.2026

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