FEATURES OF CYBERBULLYING PREVENTION IN THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY

Abstract

The article presents the experience of organizing preventive work on the problem of destructive aggression in university students. Young people as a certain socio-psychological group, with their age characteristics, are the most vulnerable to the effects of destructive discourse. The article analyzes the problem of manifestation of destructive behavior, considers the causes, types, forms of its manifestation in the youth environment. A special place is occupied by the negative impact of cyberbullying on the mental health of its victims. Methods for diagnosing a tendency to destructive aggression used by the Center for Socio-Psychological Support of Students of NSUU to identify students at risk are presented; some diagnostic results are given. The most common cases of cyberbullying in the practice of a university psychologist are described. Some characterological features and personal properties of students - aggressors were revealed. The experience of the Center for Social and Psychological Support of Students on monitoring, analysis, interpretation of markers of destructive aggression in social networks is presented. A model of a comprehensive program of destructive aggression prevention in the conditions of educational institutions has been developed, which includes primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention.