THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS CAUSING TENDENCY TO XENOPHOBIA AT STUDENTS OF HUMANITARIAN COLLEGES

TitleTHE PSYCHOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS CAUSING TENDENCY TO XENOPHOBIA AT STUDENTS OF HUMANITARIAN COLLEGES
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2012
AuthorsLitvinova, AV, Tarasov, K
JournalProblems of Psychology in the 21st Century
Volume3
Start Page60-66
Date Published07/2012
Type of ArticleOriginal article
ISSN2029-8587
Other NumbersICID: 1003635
Keywordspsychological determinants, psychological safety of the educational environment xenophobia, xenophobia mechanisms
Abstract

Research analysis features of the educational environment of higher education institution and personal characteristics of students depending on the tendency to xenophobia. 50 students of humanitarian higher school settlements took part in the research. According to the criterion of «proximity - remoteness» in relation to the category «us - them» two groups of students were singled out - with more and with less expressed tendency to xenophobia’s manifestation. As a result it was established that the tendency for xenophobia depended on some external determinants like culture levels of fellow students, personal and psychological characteristics of teachers, and on such internal determinant as traditional cultural values (interesting work, sense of duty, irreconcilability) and application of socially approved ways of a goal-setting.

URLhttps://oaji.net/articles/2014/444-1391945010.pdf
DOI10.33225/ppc/12.03.60
Refereed DesignationRefereed
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