The psychological factors of xenophobic behavior in adolescents: foreign studies

Abstract

The article presents the results of foreign studies conducted over the past few years from 2015 to 2018 and devoted to the study of xenophobic behavior among adolescents. Psychological and other factors hindering and/or contributing to the formation of xenophobic behavior among adolescents are considered. These studies affect personal and individual psychological characteristics of adolescents and also their impact on behavior towards the members of groups of “others”. Among them such personal structures and individual psychological features as xenophobic attitudes, anxiety level, xenophobic and xenophilic orientations are considered.

Keywords

• xenophobic behavior
• xenophobic attitudes
• adolescence
• individual psychological characteristics
• anxiety
• xenophobic and xenophilic orientations