Non-violence psychology: problems of researches and prospects of development

Introduction. The relevance of a research is caused by the importance of studying of a non-violence as capabilities of the person to solve vital problems without use of unreasonable coercion. The purpose of the article consists in the analytical review of the current state of a non-violence psychology, its problem field and prospects of development. Materials and Methods. As the main method the structural comparative analysis assuming allocation of structural components of non-violence psychology, comparison of achievements in foreign and domestic psychology is used. Results. The structure of non-violence psychology including non-violence methodology as universal value, characteristic of a subject of non-violence psychology, diagnostic tools of researches is described. Special attention is paid to the problem field of researches in non-violence psychology, to psychological factors and conditions of forming of capability to nonviolent interaction at different age stages of person development. The comparative analysis of achievements in foreign and in domestic non-violence psychology is carried out. Discussion and Conclusion. It is shown that non-violence psychology was created so far as the independent direction in modern psychology which subject is nonviolent interaction of the person with the world, other people and with itself. The circle of unresolved problems caused by insufficient number of empirical researches is designated. The main directions of researches in domestic non-violence psychology are defined. Here they are: development of theoretical-methodological problems of a non-violence; creation of adequate diagnostic tools; identification of factors and conditions of forming of a position of a non-violence at people; research of a role of social environment, training and education in development of capability to nonviolent interaction; creation of special programs for training in nonviolent interaction and their introduction in practice. The materials presented in the article can be useful to the researchers dealing with a problem of a non-violence and also practicians as reference points to development of specific forms and methods of work with people.