Volitional Behavior Research Articles

Behavioral indicators of heterogeneous subjective experience in animals across the phylogenetic spectrum: Implications for comparative animal phenomenology

This behavioral study was undertaken to provide empirical evidence in favor of or opposed to the notion that animals across a wide breadth of the animal kingdom have subjective (personal) experience that varies with their lifestyles, ecological constraints, or phylogeny. Twelve species representing two invertebrate phyla and six vertebrate classes were observed unobtrusively in 15-min episodes, during which three modes of behavior (volitional, interactive, and egocentric) were quantified according to the frequency, variety, and dynamism of each mode. Volitional behavior was the most prevalent and dynamic mode for nearly all species, largely without regard to phylogenetic position. Interactive behavior likewise varied inconsistently across the entire evolutionary spectrum. Egocentric behavior was concentrated among the avian and mammalian species, but evidence of it were observed in the invertebrate species as well. Diagrams of the matrix constructed from the three qualitative modes and three quantitative attributes for each mode provide a metaphorical representation of the unique experiential profile of each species. To the extent that these behavioral measures correlate with the nature of the animal's subjective experience, they support the growing view that phenomenology is heterogeneous, multimodal, and non-linear in extent across the animal kingdom.

Рецензия на учебник для вузов «Специальная психология» в 2-х томах (ответственный редактор В.И. Лубовский)

<p>The article contains a review of the two-volume “Special psychology” textbook, under the executive editorship of V.I. Lubovsky, the outstanding psychologist, Academician of the Russian Academy of Education [1; 2], who celebrates his centenary in 2023. In this book, special psychology appears for the first time in the world educational literature as a holistic and systematically presented scientific field. The book includes previously unpublished materials. The textbook is for university students, but it may be of interest to postgraduate students, researchers, practicing psychologists, teachers, and other professionals working with children and adults with various developmental disabilities. The textbook, in addition to considering general problems of special psychology and the patterns of mental development in dysontogenesis, analyzes in detail the specific features of different variants of impaired development, including children with disorders of the emotionally volitional sphere and behavior, as well as applied problems of special psychology and prospects for this scientific branch.</p>

Individual Differences in Volitional Social Self-Administration and Motivation in Male and Female Mice Following Social Stress

BackgroundA key challenge in developing treatments for neuropsychiatric illness is the disconnect between preclinical models and the complexity of human social behavior. We integrate voluntary social self-administration into a rodent model of social stress as a platform for the identification of fundamental brain and behavior mechanisms underlying stress-induced individual differences in social motivation. MethodsHere, we introduced an operant social stress procedure in male and female mice composed of 3 phases: 1) social self-administration training, 2) social stress exposure concurrent with reinforced self-administration testing, and 3) poststress operant testing under nonreinforced and reinforced conditions. We used social-defeat and witness-defeat stress in male and female mice. ResultsSocial defeat attenuated social reward seeking in males but not females, whereas witness defeat had no effect in males but promoted seeking behavior in females. We resolved social stress-induced changes to social motivation by aggregating z-scored operant metrics into a cumulative social index score to describe the spectrum of individual differences exhibited during operant social stress. Clustering does not adequately describe the relative distributions of social motivation following stress and is better described as a nonbinary behavioral distribution defined by the social index score, capturing a dynamic range of stress-related alterations in social motivation inclusive of sex as a biological variable. ConclusionsWe demonstrated that operant social stress can detect stable individual differences in stress-induced changes to social motivation. The inclusion of volitional behavior in social procedures may enhance the understanding of behavioral adaptations that promote stress resiliency and their mechanisms under more naturalistic conditions.

The influence of legal awareness on the effectiveness of the mechanism of legal regulation of labor relations

The article under studies reveals the impact of legal awareness on the mechanism of legal regulation of labor relations. It highlights that legal awareness is a universal form of action of the mechanism of legal regulation of labor relations and a factor of its effectiveness. Legal awareness actively influences the elements of the mechanism of legal regulation of labor relations, as well as experiences a similar effect on itself. The article points out that legal awareness reflects the legal relations between employees and employers in the course of labor activity both within an enterprise (institution, organization) and beyond it, including social relations. Thereby, the scope of legal awareness includes personal, socio-economi and political rights that significantly affect its substantive component.
 The article proves that legal awareness of an employee and an employer is formed under the influence of economic and social conditions. Legal awareness is a form of reflecting social phenomena and the processes taking place at an enterprise, institution or organization in the course of performing the employee's labor function, and the employer's management processes through a system of legal assessments, views and ideas. Legal awareness reflects the employee's attitude to the employer and the personnel, as well as assesses it in terms of the efficiency of the enterprise, payment of proper wages, creation of proper working conditions, its protection and other needs of the employee, and his or her motivation to work.
 The effectiveness of the mechanism of legal regulation of labor relations in general and its stages in particular depend on the level of legal awareness of an employee and an employer, since the processes of formation of local legal norms and their implementation in actual relations are not possible without the volitional conscious behavior of the subjects of labor relations. The article summarizes that from the standpoint of labor law, legal awareness can be viewed through such categories as assessment, need, motivation, skills, and attitude to work.
 The article concludes that legal awareness of the parties to labor relations is a functional subjective and evaluative factor, which affects the mechanism of legal regulation of labor relations from the standpoint of ensuring its efficiency, further functioning and development with a view to its compliance with the established principles of labor law as an independent branch and the concept of justice.

Comparing job applicant deception in asynchronous vs synchronous video interviews, with and without AI-assisted assessments

PurposeAsynchronous Video Interviews (AVIs) incorporating Artificial Intelligence (AI)-assisted assessment has become popular as a pre-employment screening method. The extent to which applicants engage in deceptive impression management (IM) behaviors during these interviews remains uncertain. Furthermore, the accuracy of human detection in identifying such deceptive IM behaviors is limited. This study seeks to explore differences in deceptive IM behaviors by applicants across video interview modes (AVIs vs Synchronous Video Interviews (SVIs)) and the use of AI-assisted assessment (AI vs non-AI). The study also investigates if video interview modes affect human interviewers' ability to detect deceptive IM behaviors.Design/methodology/approachThe authors conducted a field study with four conditions based on two critical factors: the synchrony of video interviews (AVI vs SVI) and the presence of AI-assisted assessment (AI vs Non-AI): Non-AI-assisted AVIs, AI-assisted AVIs, Non-AI-assisted SVIs and AI-assisted SVIs. The study involved 144 pairs of interviewees and interviewers/assessors. To assess applicants' deceptive IM behaviors, the authors employed a combination of interviewee self-reports and interviewer perceptions.FindingsThe results indicate that AVIs elicited fewer instances of deceptive IM behaviors across all dimensions when compared to SVIs. Furthermore, using AI-assisted assessment in both video interview modes resulted in less extensive image creation than non-AI settings. However, the study revealed that human interviewers had difficulties detecting deceptive IM behaviors regardless of the mode used, except for extensive faking in AVIs.Originality/valueThe study is the first to address the call for research on the impact of video interview modes and AI on interviewee faking and interviewer accuracy. This research enhances the authors’ understanding of the practical implications associated with the use of different video interview modes and AI algorithms in the pre-employment screening process. The study contributes to the existing literature by refining the theoretical model of faking likelihood in employment interviews according to media richness theory and the model of volitional rating behavior based on expectancy theory in the context of AVIs and AI-assisted assessment.

Street Vibrancy and Outdoor Activities under COVID-19 Psychological Distress: Lessons from Hong Kong

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a distinctive impact on Hong Kong, especially given the city’s prior experience with the SARS outbreak. The resulting psychological distress has been exacerbated by Hong Kong’s extreme density and compactness, which places residents in proximity on the streets searching for outdoor activities. Streets are a precious source of space for social interactions, but, unfortunately, the pandemic has forced them to empty, leading to increased distress and challenging the psychological well-being of the urban population. In this study, we explore street vibrancy patterns in terms of outdoor activities, here addressed through a decision-making psychological perspective as volitional behaviors determined by psychological factors and essential for well-being, in one of the densest neighborhoods in Hong Kong. We statistically analyzed behavioral monitoring data in relation to spatial and morphological characteristics of their environments under COVID-19 psychological distress. The results highlighted the relevance of specific parcels of the streets acting as clusters and vibrancy initiators, stressing their significance in terms of affective and cognitive inputs determining context-based outdoor activities. The decision-making psychological perspective adopted here to address outdoor activities has relevant implications for design and planning strategies for post-pandemic scenarios, for psychological well-being, and for the future of urban density.

Understanding Air-Passengers’ Volitional Behavior Toward Compliance with Aviation Health and Safety Guidelines : Evidence from Indian Domestic Passengers

Understanding Air-Passengers’ Volitional Behavior Toward Compliance with Aviation Health and Safety Guidelines : Evidence from Indian Domestic Passengers

Integrating the Theory of Planned Behavior and Motivation to Explore Residential Water-Saving Behaviors

Water scarcity in the United States needs to be addressed with demand- and supply-side initiatives. Yet, water is often provided for a low cost to households in residential areas that have the potential to reduce water consumption. The theory of planned behavior (TpB) is a social science theory used to understand why volitional conservation behaviors, including water conservation, are performed by consumers. Additional predictors are included in TpB in water literature, and motivations for behavioral actions may help further explain residential water conservation behavior. This study sought to determine whether TpB and motivation predicted residential water conservation behavior. Data were collected with an online survey (n = 907) in September 2022 from residents of Florida, Georgia, and Alabama using non-probability opt-in quota sampling. The data were analyzed in R using the lavaan package. The results indicate that there was a significant direct effect of attitude and subjective norms on intention. There was a significant direct effect of intention on behavior. There was a significant negative direct effect of extrinsic motivation on behavior. Mediation was present in the model with intrinsic motivation. Perhaps the respondents had not thought about rewards or punishments in the context of water conservation because of the availability of water at a low cost and therefore were not extrinsically motivated to conserve water.

The Importance of Looking at the REST of the Swallow in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

Purpose: The swallowing continuum is highly complex and interrelated and has both upstream and downstream implications for volitional swallowing behaviors, anatomic and physiologic impairments, and interventions. Pathologic reflux can cause a plethora of upstream anatomic and physiologic changes in the swallow with associated consequences. Although pathologic reflux can occur in isolation, there is a high incidence of both pathologic reflux and esophageal pathology in patients with head and neck cancer. Along with their known oropharyngeal dysfunction that can evolve over time posttreatment and cause downstream effects in the swallowing continuum, pathologic reflux and esophageal pathology can cause upstream effects, further complicating the interplay and contributing to the overall swallowing impairment. Conclusions: The entire swallowing continuum should be evaluated with videofluoroscopy at yearly intervals in patients with head and neck cancer so that the multidisciplinary dysphagia team understands the interplay, which informs best interventions. The Robust Esophageal Screening Test (REST) is a standardized, validated esophageal screening protocol that can be implemented during the videofluoroscopic swallowing study to better identify potential esophageal pathology, which can be of complex etiology in this population. Results of a recent quality improvement project implementing REST protocol with patients with head and neck cancer found significant esophageal pathology and enhanced team collaborations and decision making for optimal patient care (Gregor & Watts, 2022).

Widespread coding of navigational variables in prefrontal cortex

To navigate effectively, we must represent information about our location in the environment. Traditional research highlights the role of the hippocampal complex in this process. Spurred by recent research highlighting the widespread cortical encoding of cognitive and motor variables previously thought to have localized function, we hypothesized that navigational variables would be likewise encoded widely, especially in the prefrontal cortex, which is associated with volitional behavior. We recorded neural activity from six prefrontal regions while macaques performed a foraging task in an open enclosure. In all regions, we found strong encoding of allocentric position, allocentric head direction, boundary distance, and linear and angular velocity. These encodings were not accounted for by distance, time to reward, or motor factors. The strength of coding of all variables increased along a ventral-to-dorsal gradient. Together, these results argue that encoding of navigational variables is not localized to the hippocampus and support the hypothesis that navigation is continuous with other forms of flexible cognition in the service of action.

Мікрокосмос у природно-правовому вихованні: метапедагогічні технології

The scientific article discloses certain methodological aspects of the metaphysical pedagogy of natural and legal education of the microcosm. In particular, relevant pedagogical technologies of legal education, training and development of the microcosm in the micro-legal field, which is part of the macro-legal field, were investigated. It is outlined that the primary source and starting point of all processes that take place in the universe (macrocosm) is man, that is, the microcosm. The legal order in the universe depends on how intelligent, educated, and erudite a person is. That is why the process of research and development of meta-pedagogical technologies of education of the microcosm in the macro-legal field is becoming increasingly important, because it is aimed at achieving the common good. It has been established that man and freedom are inseparable concepts, because without freedom, conscious, volitional human behavior is impossible. The sense of freedom developed in a person is the key to building a prosperous society, because external freedom is the basis for building a legal system. It is noted that the main task of legal education of a person at an early age is to develop in him clear ideas about good and evil, by which he will be guided in the future as criteria for lawful and law-abiding behavior in society. Personal education should be carefully aimed at a person's awareness of the limits of his freedom and their correlation with the limits of the freedoms of other citizens, because without knowing himself and without understanding his own nature, a person cannot build a healthy society, which is the foundation of a legal state.

Motivation in self-directed use of technology for English learning among high, average, and low achievers

Adopting a multi-theoretical perspective, this study examined how various motivational factors from three dominant motivational theories of volitional behaviors related to undergraduates' self-directed technology use for English learning, and how the relationships varied among high, average, and low achievers. Confirmatory factor analysis results supported a holistic model of nine motivational factors that drive these learners' self-directed technology use for English learning. The study found that motivational factors from different motivational perspectives drove different aspects of self-regulation with technology. Specifically, constructs from the theory of planned behaviors were essential to drive resource and metacognitive management; goal orientation constructs were the salient motivators of learners' use of technology for emotion management to maintain vigor for learning; and constructs from all three theoretical perspectives were critical to drive learners’ use of technology for goal setting and social regulation. Moreover, the motivational drive for self-directed technology use for English learning varied for learners of different proficiency levels. The findings suggest different motivational factors need to be attended to when encouraging and supporting the use of technology for the regulation of different aspects of English learning and among learners of different language proficiencies.

Teachers' emotions in the time of COVID: Thematic analysis of interview data reveals drivers of professional agency.

We explored two complex phenomena associated with effective education. First, teachers' professional agency, the volitional actions they take in response to perceived opportunities, was examined to consider individual differences in its enactment. Second, "strong" emotions have been proposed as important in teaching and learning, and we wished to clarify which basic emotions might be involved, besides curiosity, which is a known emotional factor in engagement in teaching. We also explored how agency and basic emotions might be related. Thirteen teachers working in Scottish secondary schools were interviewed at the start of the covid pandemic in 2020 to discuss relevant feelings, thoughts and actions arising from unprecedented changes in their lives and professional practices. Thematic analysis was used to identify aspects of agentic behavior and basic emotions expressed. Teacher agency was expressed through adaptability, collective agency, constrained agency, and non-action. Four basic emotion percepts were identified, which we label as "CARE", "CURIOSITY", "COOPERATION", and "CHALLENGE". We extend the definition of agency to include volitional non-action as a response to opportunity. In contrast to prior research emphasizing emotions as an outcome of volitional behavior, we explore emotions preceding agency. We develop four theoretical propositions related to teacher emotions. (1) Four emotion percepts substantially influence teachers' voluntary motivated behavior. (2) The amount and proportion of emotions experienced varies between individual teachers. (3) The four percepts are experienced concurrently or in rapid succession in engaged teaching contexts. (4) Professional experience and specific situational factors also influence teachers' behavioral choices. For future consideration, we suggest that awareness of emotion percepts may encourage both teachers' engagement and their professional agency for the benefit of their pedagogical practice and outcomes for their students.

THE INFLUENCE OF JUDO ON THE MORAL AND VOLUNTARY EDUCATION OF SENIOR SCHOOL STUDENTS

In the process of educating modern schoolchildren, martial arts classes become important, namely judo classes, which can be used to develop not only physical qualities and abilities, but also moral and volitional characteristics, the development of which significantly affects the formation of a personality. The article considers the results of experimental work on the implementation of the technology of moral and volitional education of high school students who practice judo. The technology of moral and volitional upbringing of children by means of judo included three stages: value-oriented; development and harmonization; improvement and generalization of moral and volitional qualities. At all stages, the emphasis of the predominant action shifted to the structural components of the moral and volitional sphere: cognitive, emotional, volitional, motivational, and behavioral. The purpose and objectives of the above-mentioned stages determined the specifics of sports activities, the role and position of the coach-tutor, forms, and methods of education, as well as features of pedagogical interaction with parents and school, aimed at improving the moral and volitional education of young judokas. Thus, the need for pedagogical justification of teaching judo to students determines the relevance of our study, which identified pedagogical conditions, as well as identified the core elements of the technology of moral and volitional education of students by judo, which became the novelty of the research. The following research methods were used to solve the problems: analysis and synthesis of scientific and methodological sources on the peculiarities of the development of moral and volitional qualities; pedagogical observation.
 It is established that the most important sources of moral and volitional formation of student youth at the initial stage of classes are the study of history, jute etiquette. Collective development of etiquette leads to group self-regulation. Students willingly participate in the process of self-control and control of group behavior.
 For an objective assessment of the moral and volitional upbringing of students also developed criteria and indicators determined by the purpose of the formation of the moral and volitional sphere of the student's personality. Improvement of moral and volitional qualities and experience of moral and volitional behavior was carried out.

Гендерный аспект субъективного благополучия обучающихся образовательной организации МВД России

The article considers the gender aspect of the relationship between the subjective well-being of students of the educational organization of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia with the basic beliefs of the individual and satisfaction with educational activities.
 The relevance of the study lies in the fact that timely diagnosis and correction of the level of subjective well-being of students of departmental educational organizations contributes to the preservation of somatic and psychological health, thereby prolonging the professional longevity of future police officers.
 The empirical study involved 240 respondents (n = 109 males; n =131 females), average age – 20.09 ± 1.1 years: cadets of the second and third courses of the Faculty of Police Training for Public Order Protection Units.
 Research methods: anonymous questionnaire, «Scale of subjective well-being» (M. V. Sokolova), «Scale of basic beliefs of the individual» (M. A. Padun, A. V. Kotelnikova).
 As a result of the study, it was found that male cadets go in for sports more often, are more satisfied with their educational activities and their emotional state. Girls demonstrate a higher level of subjective well-being, satisfaction with daily activities, positively assess the social environment, but they are more likely than boys to have mood changes and negative emotional states. More often, pessimistic cadets who do not believe in luck, goodwill, fairness of the world around and in the ability to control their lives get sick more often. Frequent morbidity during the year and professional sports activities reduce satisfaction with educational activities.
 The «targets» of psychological correction can be: irrational attitudes and ways to replace them with rational, reflective abilities, awareness of the negative impact of «automatic thoughts», acceptance of responsibility, development of volitional activity, positive emotions, thinking and behavior.

Links Between Swallowing and Consciousness: A Narrative Review.

This literature review explores a wide range of themes addressing the links between swallowing and consciousness. Signs of consciousness are historically based on the principle of differentiating reflexive from volitional behaviors. We show that the sequencing of the components of swallowing falls on a continuum of voluntary to reflex behaviors and we describe several types of volitional and non-volitional swallowing tasks. The frequency, speed of initiation of the swallowing reflex, efficacy of the pharyngeal phase of swallowing and coordination between respiration and swallowing are influenced by the level of consciousness during non-pathological modifications of consciousness such as sleep and general anesthesia. In patients with severe brain injury, the level of consciousness is associated with several components related to swallowing, such as the possibility of extubation, risk of pneumonia, type of feeding or components directly related to swallowing such as oral or pharyngeal abnormalities. Based on our theoretical and empirical analysis, the efficacy of the oral phase and the ability to receive exclusive oral feeding seem to be the most robust signs of consciousness related to swallowing in patients with disorders of consciousness. Components of the pharyngeal phase (in terms of abilities of saliva management) and evoked cough may be influenced by consciousness, but further studies are necessary to determine if they constitute signs of consciousness as such or only cortically mediated behaviors. This review also highlights the critical lack of tools and techniques to assess and treat dysphagia in patients with disorders of consciousness.

Evaluation of Volitional Swimming Behavior of Schizothorax prenanti Using an Open-Channel Flume with Spatially Heterogeneous Turbulent Flow.

Simple SummaryA lack of information on fish volitional swimming behavior in response to various instream flow conditions may inhibit the development of an effective fishway. In this study, Schizothorax prenanti, Tchang, 1930 (S. prenanti), an endemic species in the Jinsha river basin, was tested for volitional swimming behavior in a self-designed open-channel flume. Quantified indices, describing preferred hydraulic characteristics, swimming strategies, and swimming speeds, were collected to analyze fish behavioral responses to turbulent flow. The results showed that S. prenanti preferred to select regions with low flow velocities (0.25–0.50 m/s) and turbulent kinetic energy (<0.05 m2/s2) and employed steady swimming behavior to search for flow velocities lower than the average current to conserve energy in low- and moderate-flow regimes. Additionally, the average and maximum burst speeds of S. prenanti were 2.63 ± 0.37 and 3.49 m/s, respectively. The aim of this study was to apply fish volitional swimming behavior data on the the design and optimization of fishways for specific target species, as well as a novel test method for other migratory fish species.Effective fishway design requires knowledge of fish swimming behavior in streams and channels. Appropriate tests with near-natural flow conditions are required to assess the interaction between fish behavior and turbulent flows. In this study, the volitional swimming behavior of S. prenanti was tested and quantified in an open-channel flume with three (low, moderate, and high) flow regimes. The results showed that, when confronted with alternative flow regimes, S. prenanti preferred to select regions with low flow velocities (0.25–0.50 m/s) and turbulent kinetic energy (<0.05 m2/s2) for swimming, while avoiding high-turbulence areas. Moreover, S. prenanti primarily employed steady swimming behavior to search for flow velocities lower than the average current to conserve energy in low- and moderate-flow regimes. It is hypothesized that in regions with higher flow velocities, fish may change their swimming strategy from energy conservation to time conservation. Additionally, the average and maximum burst speeds of S. prenanti were 2.63 ± 0.37 and 3.49 m/s, respectively, which were 2.21- and 2.28-fold higher than the average (1.19 m/s) and maximum (1.53 m/s) burst speeds estimated from the enclosed swim chamber for fish of similar length. This study contributes a novel research approach that provides more reliable information about fish volitional swimming behavior in natural habitats, as well as recommendations for hydraulic criteria for fishways and the identification of barriers to fish migrations.

Healthy lifestyle guaranteed a healthy future

This article addresses the issue of healthy lifestyles. The importance of a healthy lifestyle in improving people's health and quality of life has been highlighted. Human life and health are the greatest social wealth. This puts the challenge of creating a healthy lifestyle in front of the family, school and other places of human development. As a result, they have more responsibility to choose the mental, emotional, and volitional behaviors that are necessary for their destiny, family, and community. It is necessary to prevent the resulting neurological diseases.

Will in the mechanism of the exercise of subjective rights and duties of the employee and the employer

The mechanism for implementing subjective rights and obligations of the employee and employer directly depends on a well-developed theory of labor legal relations, in which the will is a central, constitutive element of its composition. However, until recently there have been no serious doctrinal studies of the volitional aspect of labor legal relations, and the courts in their decisions mislead parties, providing employees with virtually unlimited opportunities to implement the opportunities provided by the labor legislation, and ignoring the interests of counterparties. At the same time, the mechanism for realizing subjective rights and fulfillment of obligations should be universal; it cannot depend on good or bad faith conduct of an employee or employer or on broad judicial discretion. The article gives the author’s understanding of the volitional aspect of labor legal relations, identifies its characteristics and stages of formation; points out that for the labor law are significant legal consequences that arise or may arise in the implementation of volitional behavior of the subjects of labor legal relations. The study of the problem of the relationship between will and expression of will led to the conclusion that the courts should assess the will of the person, but the courts often, when considering and resolving labor disputes, intrude into the formation of the will of one or another party to labor legal relations. To suppress employee’s unfair behavior, I believe it is necessary to fix in the legislation the rule that the implementation of guarantees provided to the employee at the termination of his employment contract is possible when he informs the employer about his special legal status in due time. Abuse of right in the form of concealing legally significant information is unacceptable. The article makes other proposals aimed at the adjustment of the current legislation and improvement of judicial enforcement.

Social-personal responsibility as the basis for the formation of an at-risk adolescent as a subject of self-development

Introduction. The need to form responsibility as a personality trait that ensures personal growth and development of each person is currently considered as a condition for adaptation to the modern world. The problem of responsibility in relation to the category of at-risk adolescents is characterized by the importance of the formation of social-personal responsibility as a generalizing characteristic of volitional behavior, synthesizing and including manifestations of various volitional, moral-volitional and moral qualities of an individual. The purpose of the article is to study the main components of social-personal responsibility as the basis for the formation of at-risk adolescents as a subject of self-development, the conditions for the formation of personal responsibility in the specified category of adolescents. Materials and methods. The study was carried out in seven (7) educational institutions in the city of Tula and the Tula region (Russian Federation) among 13-14-year-old adolescents (n=103, of which 16 were attributed to the risk group). The diagnostic program included the following methods for the study of responsibility, coping strategies, self-esteem, self-control in communication among the subjects. Methods of mathematical statistics: G-test, Pearson's chi-squared test. Research results. It was revealed that in at-risk adolescents, the identified components of social-personal responsibility (cognitive, emotional, volitional, behavioral ones) are weak links that negatively affect the course of their subjective-personal development, distorting the directions of self-development at this age, leading them onto the deviant development path. At the control stage of the experiment, differences were revealed in all indicators of the studied variables for each component. The number of at-risk adolescents with low indicators of responsibility, communicative control, willpower, with pronounced maladjustment has decreased, the number of students with adequate self-esteem has increased. The least significant shifts occurred in the behavioral component. According to the “School of Responsibility” methodology, the value of the χ2 criterion is 4.952; “Diagnostics of general self-esteem” by G.N. Kazantseva (χ2 = 3.256); “Assessment of self-control in communication” (χ2 = 4.91); “Self-assessment of willpower” (χ2 = 0.686); “Coping strategies” (χ2 = 3.841). The relationship between the factorial and effective traits is statistically insignificant, the level of significance is p&gt; 0.05. This indicates the need to continue working with the identified at-risk adolescents. Conclusion. A set of psychological-pedagogical tools for the formation of social-personal responsibility in at-risk adolescents should include as follows: individual and group consultations, interactive seminars, master classes, quests, discussions, classes with training elements, project activities, role-playing games, training lessons.