A meeting was held at Khalel Dosmukhamedov Atyrau University with representatives of the Atyrau City Prosecutor’s Office to discuss a project aimed at developing a comprehensive psychological assessment model for identifying the causes of juvenile delinquency and suicidal behavior.
The initiative, launched by the Prosecutor’s Office of Atyrau Region in collaboration with university researchers, seeks to develop and pilot a comprehensive psychological assessment model in educational institutions to identify the underlying causes of juvenile offending and suicidal behavior.
In today’s society, juvenile delinquency and suicidal behavior remain among the most pressing socio-psychological challenges. Adolescence is characterized by emotional instability, identity development, and increased exposure to social influences, all of which raise the risk of deviant and self-destructive behavior. Although preventive measures are already being implemented in educational institutions, there is still a lack of systematic approaches to comprehensively diagnosing the causes of such behaviors. The absence of a unified psychological assessment algorithm makes it difficult to identify at-risk groups at an early stage and reduces the effectiveness of preventive interventions.
For this reason, developing comprehensive psychological assessment algorithms to identify the causes of juvenile delinquency and suicidal behavior has become an important scientific and practical priority.
If implemented, the project is expected to result in the development of a comprehensive psychological diagnostic model, the introduction of a psychological monitoring system, the design of preventive intervention programs, and the preparation of methodological guidelines for educational institutions.
The meeting was attended by Salamat Idrissov, Rector of Khalel Dosmukhamedov Atyrau University, together with Mergen Mendigaliyev, Prosecutor of Atyrau City; Berdibek Zholan, Deputy Prosecutor of Atyrau City; Dulat Khamzin, Head of the Educational Affairs Division of the Atyrau Regional Education Department; Rysgul Duldasheva, Senior Inspector of the Juvenile Police Unit of the Atyrau City Police Department; Doszhan Bolatbekuly, Head of the Regional Methodological Center of the Atyrau Regional Education Department; Aigerim Kuspanova, Head of the Methodological Work Department of the Psychological Support Center; Muldir Kussainova, Methodologist of the same department; as well as the university’s vice-rectors, representatives of the Science Department, and scholars from the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology, who shared their views on the project.
