Prevention of extremist manifestations: identifying students' tendency to affective behavior and irrational attitudes

The article presents the results of a study of irrational attitudes of university students in relation to the tendency of young people to affective behavior, which allows identifying the most vulnerable groups of students prone to radicalization and susceptible to extremist influences, and can become an important component of the university's diagnostic work within the framework of pedagogical prevention of extremist manifestations in the student environment. The author noted the relevance of the stated problem, and also presented the results of the empirical study, substantiated the need to introduce work on pedagogical prevention of extremist manifestations into the educational process of the university, which makes it possible to develop educational and upbringing programs aimed at developing critical thinking, value systems, emotional self-regulation, social stability, and also to create a safe and supportive environment at the university that reduces the potential risks of destructive influences.