European Journal of Psychological Studies

36-46

Authors: Emma I. Meshcheryakova, Aleksei V. Bocharov, Anastasiya V. Larionova

The aim of the article is to show the possibilities of the use of multivariate statistical methods in the typology of extremist attitudes on the basis of questioning prisoners. Comprehensive anthropological approach to understanding the essence of extremist behavior will develop a typology of contemporary forms of extremist behavior of young people using the heuristic potential of diagnostics instruments. The article shows the practical necessity of multivariate methods in an environment where simpler methods (eg, analysis of contingency) does not give statistically significant results and does not allow a sufficiently strong assumptions about the connections. This applies to small sample examined by the large number of attributes with non-uniform structure of values of these attributes.

56-66

Authors: Omomia O. Austin, Omomia Taiwo

Deviant behaviour is seen as any behaviour that violates the norms of a society and attracts a negative formal or informal sanction. The deviants share a variety of behaviour that run afoul of the demands and desires of the society to which they belong. Their activities are generally contrary to the norms of the society to which they belong. This includes pick-pocketing, robbery, arson of different kinds, harassment of law abiding citizens and so on. If their activities are not checked, they portend great danger to the law abiding citizens in the society. The paper employed both historical and sociological methods of investigation. Therefore, it examined deviant behaviours among adolescents and the role played by religion in addressing the challenge. It further examined the role played by both right parenting and checking substance abuse in ameliorating deviant activities. It is recommended that religious education be included in the primary, post primary and tertiary education curricular. The school, family and church should organize different activities to engage the adolescents. They should see themselves as stakeholders in the attempt to ameliorating the challenge of deviants.

71-76

Authors: Victor A. Svetlov

In the article necessary assumptions, axioms and theorems of an universal model of conflict - mathematical apparatus of an unified theory of conflict are established and partly explained. Conflict is formalized in the form of a loop of negative feedback which depending on the size of coefficient of feedback can possess both linear and nonlinear dynamics. In the first case attractors have constant or oscillating character. In the second case the system strives for chaos and self-damage. In general need of axiomatization is caused by absence in modern scientific literature of correct definition of the conflict and, as a result, the correct understanding of its structure, functions and dynamics. Main advantage consists in that that offered axiomatization of conflict opens a way to combination of the unified theory of the conflict being developed by the author of this article with the mathematical theory of catastrophes and the complexity theory.