Psychological analysis determinants of internet addiction
Abstract
The article is devoted to analysis of determinants of the emergence of Internet addiction, the factors that influence mostly the emergence of addiction behavior and cause deformation of the individual. The personal, socio-psychological and specific factors that can provoke the emergence of Internet addiction are analyzed. The article represents the results of own empirical study, conducted with a group of persons of early adolescence, in order to identify the determinants of Internet addiction. It is ascertained that the most significant personal factors provoking the appearance of addiction are high anxiety, low self-esteem, negative self-attitude, low communicative potential, aggressiveness, conflictness, emotional imbalance. The social and psychological determinants include loneliness and social disadaptation, and the specific ones include upbringing in the form of hyperprotection. According to the results of the empirical study, it is described the approaches to understanding the reasons that cause Internet addiction dividing them into several groups: individual psychological and socio-psychological reasons and also the specifics of Internet environment that relate to each other and impact comprehensively on the individual. The areas of correction of Internet addiction in early adolescence are determined: development of a stable “I-concept”, which eliminates the need for a virtual “I-image”; reduction of aggression and conflictness; family counsulting to optimize relationships in the family and to develop more optimal style of upbringing.
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