Clinical, gender and age aspects of the internet addiction
| Autor: | E L Rashitova, L K Shaidukova |
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| Jazyk: | ruština |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
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business.industry Addiction media_common.quotation_subject education lcsh:R lcsh:Medicine General Medicine internet-associated paranoiac reactions Virtual communication internet addiction Age and gender Retrospective analysis Medicine The Internet business Cyberspace Computer technology media_common Clinical psychology gender and age aspects |
| Zdroj: | Kazanskij Medicinskij Žurnal, Vol 101, Iss 2, Pp 193-199 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2587-9359 0368-4814 |
| Popis: | Aim. To study clinical, gender, and age-related aspects of Internet addiction. Methods. The study includes 400 people related to computer technology, which was divided into 4 study groups by age and gender: 100 adolescents aged 14.10.6 years was in the first group, 100 professional computer engineers aged 30.64.2 years in the second group, 100 male students at the age of 22.33.6 years in the third group and 100 women students aged 22.13.1 years. Clinical-psychopathological and experimental psychological methods were used: interviewing, using a modified Internet Addiction Test (IAT) divided into three categories of questions by conditions. In the work, we used the data of a previous study with increasing of the sample and numbers of objectives. Results. A study of the clinical features of Internet addiction revealed the presence of Internet-related paranoiac reactions, which was most in the second group (52.29.8), most rare in the first group (8.31.7), and equally in the third and the fourth groups (24.44.3 and 32.16.4). For the study of gender differences in Internet addiction, were included in the third and fourth groups. 48.73.6% of all included respondents preferred virtual communication to real, 46.33.1% had signs of Internet dependence on being in cyberspace, 30.82.4% there were deviations in the psycho-emotional sphere. Male was more likely to experience severe impairment of working capacity and a decrease in energy potential (45.63.8). Communication in social networks turned out to be more relevant for women (60.38.7). The study of the age-related aspect of Internet addiction was performed in the first group. It was revealed the presence of computer games addiction in 16.32.4% adolescents, addiction to the virtual communication in 48.23.9% adolescents, web surfing addiction in 10.41.7% adolescents, mixed forms of Internet addiction in 26.72.9% respondents and also correlation of Internet addiction with the level of intelligence of the adolescents. Conclusion. A retrospective analysis of Internet addiction developmental dynamics showed alternation various forms of this addiction and the presence of age stages. |
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