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Psychology and Law
2025. Vol. 15, no. 4, 2–19
doi:10.17759/psylaw.2025150401
ISSN: 2222-5196 (online)

On destructive effects in the digital environment in the publications of modern foreign psychologists

 
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Abstract

Context and relevance. The article is devoted to the analysis of foreign publications from 2020-2025 on the study and provision of information security for humans and society in the context of growing cyber threats, radicalization and disinformation. Goal. To identify, based on a comparative analysis of foreign publications, trends in the broadened areas of scientific activity in the field of research on destructive influences in the digital environment. Hypothesis. The accumulated body of research should lead to the expansion of generalizations and the justification of comprehensive countermeasures that take into account modern digital trends and their impact on the lives of various groups of people. Methods and materials. The tools of a comparative approach to analyzing the results of foreign publications were used as the main research method. Results. Based on the study of the content of 67 studies published by scientists from 23 foreign countries, accents have been identified that allow us to navigate foreign approaches to the following issues: hybrid wars and the psychotechnologies used in them; the impact of negative information from the media and the Internet on people's perception, experiences and behavior; information security of employees in the workplace and psychologically sound measures. to increase it; destructive effects on employees of law enforcement agencies and law enforcement agencies; radicalization of youth under the influence of influences from social networks, as well as the influence of the digital environment on deviant and criminal behavior. Conclusions. The generalizations made on comparative analysis record the main trends, contradictions and further research prospects related to the problems of studying and countering destructive influences in the digital environment.

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Keywords: aggression, security, deviance, digital vulnerability, information and psychological warfare, destructive effects and counteractions, intense stress, cybercrime, radicalization of youth; digital environment

Journal rubric: Methodological Problems of Legal Psychology

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/psylaw.2025150401

Received 20.09.2025

Revised 20.11.2025

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For citation: Kokurin, A.V., Pozdnyakov, V.M. (2025). On destructive effects in the digital environment in the publications of modern foreign psychologists. Psychology and Law, 15(4), 2–19. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.17759/psylaw.2025150401

© Kokurin A.V., Pozdnyakov V.M., 2025

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Alexey V. Kokurin, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Associate Professor, Professor of the Chair of the Scientific Bases of Extreme Psychology, Faculty of Extreme Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Associate Professor at the Department of Criminology and Criminal Executive Law, Moscow State University of Law, named after O.E. Kutafin, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0454-1691, e-mail: kokurin1@bk.ru

Vyacheslav M. Pozdnyakov, Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Professor, Chair of Scientific Foundations of Extreme Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9487-4435, e-mail: pozdnyakov53@mail.ru

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