Национальный психологический журнал (Dec 2024)
Self-regulation as a Basis for Psychological Adaptation to Digital Risks
Abstract
Background. In modern psychology, the study of factors and conditions for successful adaptation of an individual to the risks of digitalization in society is of particular importance. Objective. The study examined the connections of psychological adaptation to digital risks with personal characteristics: dispositional optimism, resilience, personal identity styles; as well as with self-control as a part of goal setting, subjective control, and coping strategies. Study Participants The sample included 408 respondents aged 18 to 55 years, including 49.7% of men and 50.3% of women. Methods. The questionnaire “Psychological adaptation to the risks of digitalization”, dispositional optimism test (DOT), Hardiness survey, identity styles questionnaire, “Life Goals Change Scale” test, “Level of Subjective Control” (LSC) technique, Ways of Coping Questionnaire (WCQ), “Proactive Coping” questionnaire. For quantitative analysis, methods of mathematical statistics were used: Kolmogorov — Smirnov test, analysis of variance ANOVA, Mann — Whitney U test. The statistical package SPSS.18 was used. Results. Three groups have been identified that differ in the nature of adaptation to digital risks: “adapted”, “anxious-maladapted”, and “non-adapted”. Significant differences were found between groups in resilience, dispositional optimism, identity styles, goal setting, subjective control and coping strategies. Conclusions. A high level of psychological adaptation to the risks of digitalization is associated with a high level of dispositional optimism, resilience (involvement, control, and risk acceptance), informational and normative identity styles, a combination of ease at rearranging life goals and focus on achieving them, internality of subjective control and the use of constructive types of coping.
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