Victoria I. Rerke

Creating a safe and supportive environment for students is an important task of society. This issue is becoming more relevant in the context of informatization and the introduction of technological innovations in education, where every individual has unlimited potential to access and use information in the online environment. This prompted us to conduct a study to establish criteria and indicators of information and psychological security of schoolchildren. The study was conducted based on methodological approaches (cultural and historical, personality-oriented, complex) and principles (scientific nature, effectiveness, consideration of individual characteristics, systematicity, consistency). An experimental study was conducted at one of the gymnasiums № 44 in Irkutsk (N = 60). The criteria, indicators and levels of information and psychological security of schoolchildren were determined: critical thinking, assertiveness, locus of control, resistance to interference. In the practical part of the study, the main indicators of information and psychological security for students have been analyzed: the ability to identify and resist information and psychological influence; self-respect, low susceptibility to social influence; confidence; reasoned explanation of personal achievements and failures, considering both internal and external factors; and the ability to identify information and psychological influence and choose a suitable behavior strategy. The level of information and psychological security among students has been determined. Based on the data obtained, a program for developing information and psychological security among adolescents was worked out. The framework for the development of information and psychological security is outlined, encompassing work on the need-motivational, cognitive, and behavioral aspects. The results of the study were processed using the Fisher φ* criterion. The effectiveness of this program has been proven. The theoretical significance of the study lies in the conceptual justification of the information and psychological security of students. From a practical point of view, the article is of interest to researchers in the field of education, teachers, class supervisors, and representatives of the management level in the context of developing the information and psychological security of students.