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Psychology and Law
2025. Vol. 15, no. 4, 44–62
doi:10.17759/psylaw.2025150403
ISSN: 2222-5196 (online)

Psychological predictors of deviant behavior of minors. Part 3. Portrait of a special educational institution’s female student

 
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Abstract

Context and relevance. The problem of prevention and correction of illegal (delinquent) behavior actualizes the need to develop effective techniques and methods for working with scientifically based targets of psychological and pedagogical influence, including taking into account the gender factor. Objectives. A comprehensive study of the interdependent components of the life position of closed type special educational institutions (here next - CTSEI) pupils (girls) is conducted. Their psychological profile is described, which makes it possible to identify the risks (targets) of forming a destructive personality. Study Participants. The study involved 135 CTSEI pupils (Mage — 15,22). The comparison group "Girls": N = 60, Mage = 15,25 (Ishimbai SEI, Kurtamysh SEI); The comparison group "Boys": N = 75, Mage = 15,2 (Omsk SEI, Oryol SEI). Methods. The analysis of the data of the first diagnostic section, i.e. the psychological characteristics of the pupils before the experimental exposure, is presented. The following methods were used: the questionnaire "Style of self-regulation of behavior "; the methodology for diagnosing the dispositions of violent extremism; the methodology of "Strategies for overcoming stressful situations"; "Scale of subjective ostracism" (adolescents, youth)"; "Scale of violated needs. Ostracism" (teenagers, youth)"; "Test of life orientations"; The Self-attitude questionnaire; "The resilience test" (short version). Results. The main hypothesis of the study, based on the assumption of the presence of significant differences in the structure of life position of girls and boys in CTSEI is confirmed. The personality profile of a girl-pupil of CTSEI is described. Conclusions. To increase the effectiveness of psychological and pedagogical preventive and corrective work of specialists of the CTSEI, in which girls are located, risks are identified, targeted work with which will allow to prevent the formation of a destructive or correct the formation of a constructive life position of girls. Risks: low level of resilience, risk of violation of the need for control, low self-esteem in combination with high global self-esteem.

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Keywords: life position model, resilience, self-regulation, childhood socio-psychological risks, deviant behavior, delinquent behavior, adolescents, closed type special educational institutions

Journal rubric: Methodological Problems of Legal Psychology

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/psylaw.2025150403

Funding. The study was carried out within the framework of the Moscow State University of Psychology & Education research project "Evidence-based study of the effectiveness of technology programs for the prevention of social risks used in institutions of the system for the prevention of neglect and juvenile delinquency" according to the state assignment of the Ministry of Education No. 073-00037-24-01 dated 09.02.2024 and the project "Methodological support and support for the implementation and monitoring of the effectiveness of programs for the prevention of antisocial behavior of minors in educational organizations" (internal grant of MSUPE, 2025).

Received 16.10.2025

Revised 26.11.2025

Accepted

Published

For citation: Boykina, E.E., Chirkina, R.V., Stratiychuk, E.V. (2025). Psychological predictors of deviant behavior of minors. Part 3. Portrait of a special educational institution’s female student. Psychology and Law, 15(4), 44–62. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.17759/psylaw.2025150403

© Boykina E.E., Chirkina R.V., Stratiychuk E.V., 2025

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

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Information About the Authors

Ekaterina E. Boykina, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Associate Professor, Department of Legal Psychology and Law, Faculty of Legal Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2707-3969, e-mail: katarinatapfer@gmail.com

Rimma V. Chirkina, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Docent, Head of the Department of Legal and Forensic Psychology and Law, Faculty of Legal and Forensic Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7040-7792, e-mail: rimmach@bk.ru

Evgeniya V. Stratiychuk, Postgraduate Student, Department of Legal and Forensic Psychology and Law, Faculty of Legal and Forensic Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6214-0314, e-mail: chugeka@yahoo.com

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