Psychological Aspects of Preventing Religion-Based Conflicts in the Multi-Confessional Environment of Students of Moscow Universities

This article is devoted to the analysis of the psychological features of the prevention of religion-based conflicts in the multi-confessional environment of students of Moscow universities. The methodological basis of the study was made up of psychodiagnostic techniques, including the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument, D. V. Lyusin’s questionnaire for dual typological traits. A conceptual model of the psychological determination of destructive conflict behaviour was verified on a sample of 200 students of various confessional affiliations, integrating individual-typological, emotional-intellectual and confessional-specific predictors. The author substantiates promising directions of preventive work differentiated taking into account the psychological profiles of representatives of various denominations. The results of the study can be used in the development of programmes for the prevention of religious conflicts in the educational environment of modern multicultural megacities. Further research in this area is related to the cross-cultural verification of established patterns and the analysis of socio-perceptual and value-semantic aspects of students’ conflict interaction.