Обозрение психиатрии и медицинской психологии имени В.М. Бехтерева (Apr 2020)

Internet addiction predictors: analysis of psychological factors

  • 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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.31363/2313-7053-2020-1-72-82
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 1
pp. 72 – 82

Abstract

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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.

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