DOI: 10.7256/2454-0668.2017.4.23661

Abstract: The subject of this study is the peculiarities of formation of myths about security by the student youth, viewed as the subjects of political consciousness. Its goal consists in the establishment of conceptual structures of formation of the myths about security taking into account the established political views among the student youth. The work is conducted on the intersection of the problematic of political psychology and psychology of human security, as well as leaning on the methodology of psychological science, is focused on the examination of the previously irrelevant phenomenology of security as a substantial layer of the political consciousness of student safety. The study was performed using a complex of theoretical (analysis of the source base, systematization, typology, classification) and empirical (analysis of text, expert evaluation) methods. The methodological basis is the set of scientific approaches (humanistic, axiological) and principles (determinism, communication and awareness activities, security). The main conclusion implies the fact that the student youth have the structures of political consciousness, which manifest in the reflection of the phenomena of safety. Its results lie in the identification of the vectors of subjective reflection of security, strategies of formation of the myths about security, classification of values of security within the political consciousness of student youth. The scientific novelty of consists in examination of the myths about security in the structure of the students’ political consciousness using the methods of psychological science. The article contains the empirical material and generalizations, which allow adjusting the work with students with regards to safety issues and increase of their political activity.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0684.2016.10.20611

Abstract: The subject of this research is the scientific prospects of implementation of the safety principle into the problem object field of political psychology. Currently, the phenomenon of safety is the subject of interdisciplinary examination at the level of micro-, meso-, and macro objects. This is encourage by the universal demand of its elements for the various social spheres and life-sustaining activity of a human as they provide the possibility for support the integrity of safety and ability developmental potential of its possessors. The leading material of human factor in ensuring safety substantiates the leading role of psychology in search of the solutions that emerged tasks. Specification of the informative and functional peculiarities of safety may contribute into positioning of safety as the core of the principle that controls the development of problem object field of political psychology. The functional substantiation of safety nu the core of the administrative principle is carried put on the basis of introduction and informative characteristics of the provided by its functions of interpretations, activation, and regulation of the corresponding phenomenology. The conclusion is made on the possibility and necessity of the implementation of the safety principle for resolution of the research and practice oriented task, which occur within the problem object field of political psychology.

DOI: 10.7256/2409-8701.2016.4.20087

Abstract: The subject of the present research article is the application of the scenario approach to the development of personal psychological safety. In the course of the research the authors have extrapolated opportunities of the scenario approach developed on the basis of economic and political issues to the practice of assisting a patient in developing his or her psychological safety. The scenario approach to the development of personal psychological safety is defined by the authors as a methodological means supporting the creation of the necessary future based on determination and special arrangement of events that are important for a patient as well as means and resources needed for their development. The material presented in the article is based on the results of application of the basic theoretical research methods including analysis and synthesis, analogy, transfer, and generalization. The scientific novelty of the materials presented in the article is caused by the fact that the authors offer their own interpretation of the scenario approach in terms of the development of personal psychological safety as well as their own description of stages of the scenario approach application, advantages and limitations of the scenario approach applied in the process of self-development of psychological safety, and analyze opportunities of using a number of the scenario approach methods for this purpose (the two-axis method, two-branch method, and the accuracy conus). At the end of the article the authors make a conclusion that it is beneficial to use the scenario approach to the self-development of personal psychological personality. 

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0722.2015.11.17018

Abstract: The object of the present research is the security signs and customs practiced by university students. The authors of the article offer their own interpretation of security signs and customs. The research is based on discovering psychological peculiarities of security signs and customs, their types and functions. The hypothesis of the present research is that security signs are a necessary socio-cultural phenomenon of the student life and they allow to achieve a number of important tasks of life-sustaining activity. To achieve the research objective to define psychological peculiarities of security signs and customs used by students, the authors have applied the methods of observation, interview and survey. The scientific novelty of the research is caused by the fact that the authors offer provide own interpretation of security signs and customs, describe their functions and offer their classification. Peculiarities of security signs and customs include their attribution to the socio-cultural experience of a subject, multifunctionality, subjective importance and loss of the connection with what caused them initially. All the security signs and customs have been divided into the following three groups: preventing, neutralizing and producing. Functions of security signs and customs include protection, adaptation adn therapy. The authors conclude that security signs and customs create an organic layer of life-sustaining activity performed by a modern young person in order to solve important tasks.