Kaliazina T. Psychological conditions of prevention of the manifestations of victimization of intellectually gifted adolescents

The paper identifies theoretical approaches to the study of the problem of victimization of adolescent personality. The specificity of intellectually gifted adolescents, which can determine their propensity to victimization behavior is clarified; the relationship between the socio-psychological characteristics of intellectually gifted adolescents and their propensity to victimization is substantiated. Studied individual psychological (intellectual giftedness) and gender characteristics of the propensity of adolescents to the effects of victimization. The psychological properties of intellectually gifted adolescents prone to victimized behavior are stated: low self-esteem, high levels of suggestibility, aggressiveness, impulsiveness, low levels of social and psychological adaptation, positive attitude to self and neuropsychological stability. Features of the relations of intellectually gifted teenagers with parents which can be factors of propensity to manifestations of victimization are revealed. Psychological conditions for preventing manifestations of victimization in intellectually gifted adolescents are substantiated: 1) decrease in suggestibility due to thedevelopment of critical thinking, 2) increase in neuropsychological stability due to self-regulation, 3) decrease in manifestations of aggression due to the development of skills of assertive behavior, 4) increase in levels of positive self-attitude and socio-psychological adaptation due to the development of effective communication skills. Developed and approved the program and developed recommendations for the prevention of the tendency of intellectually gifted adolescents, the manifestations of victimization based on identified features.