Published : 2025-12-30

Youth Attitudes towards Socially Marginalized Groups as a Challenge to Pedagogical Theory and Practice

Interpretations in the Light of the Preventive System of St. John Bosco

Abstract

Youth is a special time of human growth and development, characterized by its own unique developmental characteristics. Among the primary developmental tasks of adolescence is the development of socially acceptable behavior.

The aim of this article is to explore the attitudes of contemporary youth toward selected socially marginalized groups. The study included secondary school students (N=3,046) aged 15-18.

The attitudes of the surveyed youth were generally characterized by greater favorability toward people with disabilities and the poor, while the least favorable attitudes were toward people with different sexual orientations and members of religious communities. The preventive educational system of St. John Bosco provides a context that helps interpret the obtained results, formulate conclusions, and design recommendations for educational practice.

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youth attitudes, social marginalization, adolescence, St. John Bosco's preventive system



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Opozda, D., Łuka, M., & Parzyszek, M. (2025). Youth Attitudes towards Socially Marginalized Groups as a Challenge to Pedagogical Theory and Practice: Interpretations in the Light of the Preventive System of St. John Bosco. Biografistyka Pedagogiczna [Biographical Studies in Education], 10(4), 137–151. https://doi.org/10.36578/BP.2025.10.97

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"Biografistyka Pedagogiczna" received funding for the years 2022-2024 from the funds of the Minister of Education and Science under the programme „Rozwój Czasopism Naukowych”.

Project duration: 2023-2024.

The amount of co-financing is 65 992,00 PLN

Contract number: RCN/SP/0434/2021/1