Introduction. The article emphasizes the importance of studying the psychology of destructive human behavior in the economic crisis. The concepts of “destructiveness” and “destructive behavior” are considered. The article presents the theoretical analysis of scientific approaches (genetic and socio-cultural) to understand destructive behavior in foreign and national psychology in the works of C. Lombroso, Freud, E. Kretschmer, W. Sheldon, K. Lorenz, E. Durkheim, R. Merton, E. Frome, S.L. Rubinstein, L.S. Vygotsky, A.N. Leontiev, V.N. Myasishchev, B.V. Zeigarnik, T.P. Korolenko, T.A. Donskikh, V.I. Lysak, A. Kleiberg.

The article substantiates the relevance of destructive human behavior. An analytical review of the main ideas of foreign and domestic scientists and modern researchers is presented. The purpose of the article is to study the scientific approaches to understanding the destructive behavior of the individual in foreign and domestic psychology.

Results and discussion. Investigated and disclosed some of the major approaches to understanding destructive behavior of the individual in foreign and domestic psychology. The concepts of the psychology of destructiveness are considered.

Conclusion. Existing theories of human destructiveness can be divided into two groups. The first group includes the works of scientists who have studied hereditary and biological factors of destructiveness. The second group includes studies of the socio-cultural factor of destructive behavior.

• the importance of studying destructive human behavior in the conditions of economic crisis is determined;

• reveals the concept of “destructive” and “destructive behavior” by different authors, investigate the problem;

• some scientific approaches to understanding destructive behavior in foreign and domestic psychology are analyzed

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