Keyword: «adolescent victimization»

the Article considers the factors of victim behavior of adolescents in contemporary social environment. The formation of victim behavior of adolescents occurs against the background of specific situational circumstances if there are four components of the mechanism of victimization: contextual factors, victimogene individual psychological characteristics of personality, specific emotional state, victimogene behavior. Depending on the age and individual set victimogenic properties in adolescents may form certain types of victimization, determine the different types of victim behavior. Highlighting specific cases of social victimization in adolescents is important for the implementation of the differential approach, which helps to identify ways to prevent victimization of adolescents.