THE INTERNET AS PSYCHOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF ADDICTION IN ADOLESCENCE

Abstract. In this article is actual for today the problem of dependence on the Internet in adolescence as a psychological determinant. Conducted experimental study to identify the relationship between the propensity for Internet-dependent behavior and the manifestation of accentuations of character, level of development of communicative skills and level of empathy in adolescence, which can be regarded as psychological determinants of Internet addiction.

Keywords: Internet addiction, adolescents, personality characteristics.

Safukova Nadezhda – Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Psychology of Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University. I.N. Ulyanov

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