The influence of the abuse of the Internet on life priorities of the adolescents
https://doi.org/10.31549/2542-1174-2019-4-41-53
Abstract
It was conducted an examination of 210 adolescents of both sexes aged from 15 to 19 years old in three different types of educational institutions (school, gymnasium, university). It was also provided the research of life priorities of adolescents, of connection of Internet addiction disorder with subjective value of their feeling of happiness, of an existence of the life goal. The research included psychological interviewing, the use of the tests and the questionnaire. Special attention was paid on the vision by adolescents of their future, of the choice of a further course of their life with the respect to education, vocational guidance, the planned purposes and the ways of their achievements. It was revealed that the gymnasium pupils, the schoolboys and the students abusing the Internet have low ability for their understanding of their own psychological states, of the difficulties connected by the life goals, and of the rational organization of all social behavior.
Conflict of interest. The authors declare no conflict of interest.
About the Authors
Ts. P. Korolenko
Novosibirsk State Medical University
Russian Federation
Korolenko Tsezar Petrovich — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor of the Department of Narcology, Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Clinical Psychology
Russian Federation
Korolenko Tsezar Petrovich — Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor of the Department of Narcology, Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Clinical Psychology
T. A. Shpiks
Novosibirsk State Medical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Shpiks Tatyana Aleksandrovna — Cand. Sci. (Med.), Associate Professor of the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology
52, Krasny Prospect, Novosibirsk, 630091,
Yu. Yu. Kirsanova
Novosibirsk State Medical University
Russian Federation
Kirsanova Yulia Yuryevna — Lecturer of the Department of Narcology, Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Clinical Psychology
Russian Federation
Kirsanova Yulia Yuryevna — Lecturer of the Department of Narcology, Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Clinical Psychology
I. V. Turchaninova
Novosibirsk State Medical University
Russian Federation
Turchaninova Inna Vladimirovna — Retraining Course Student in Clinical Psychology
Russian Federation
Turchaninova Inna Vladimirovna — Retraining Course Student in Clinical Psychology
M. V. Khomyakova
Novosibirsk State Medical University
Russian Federation
Khomyakova Marina Viktorovna — Senior Lecturer of the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology
Russian Federation
Khomyakova Marina Viktorovna — Senior Lecturer of the Department of Pedagogy and Psychology
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Korolenko Ts.P., Shpiks T.A., Kirsanova Yu.Yu., Turchaninova I.V., Khomyakova M.V. The influence of the abuse of the Internet on life priorities of the adolescents. Journal of Siberian Medical Sciences. 2019;(4):41-53. https://doi.org/10.31549/2542-1174-2019-4-41-53
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