Year: 2020
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The article presents the results of a study of individual psychological factors that are potentially significant for the development of Internet addiction (IA), carried out as part of the Russian interdisciplinary research project to identify a system of high-risk markers for developing IA. As a result of the analysis, a model of psychological predictors of IA was obtained, which includes personality characteristics — high nonplanning impulsiveness (as a lack of forethought and ability to follow future plans), and low self-direction (concerning to Cloninger’s psychobiological model of personality). Additionally, childhood experiences of living in a community with a high level of violence were included in the model as one of the psychological predictors. The male gender also entered one of the final models as a risk factor for the development of IA. The results can be used as the basis for the development of targeted psychological assistance programs and preventive measures aimed at improving the specific characteristics of inhibitory control and the development of self-awareness.
Authors: A. V. Trusova, S. V. Grechanyi, V. A. Soldatkin, A. N. Yakovlev, R. D. Ilyuk, N. A. Chuprova, А. Е. Nikolishin, P. A. Ponizovskiy, A. A. Kibitov, V. B. Vantej, D. I. Gromyko, N. N. Dolgih, N. A. Erofeeva, A. B. Ilichev, E. A. Magomedova, A. I. Nechaeva, N. V. Pashkevich, V. V. Pozdnyak, Y. S. Semenova, A. A. Sidorov, V. V. Khanykov, J. V. Khutoryanskaya, E. M. Krupitsky, A. B. Shmukler, A. Yu. Egorov, A. O. Kibitov
Institutions: St Petersburg University, Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Rostov State Medical University, St.Petersburg V.M.Bekhterev Psychoneurological Research Institute, Lomonosov Moscow State University, First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3014148151