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ABSTRACT
People's interest in information technology and its activities directly affect the behavioral structures, emotional
sphere and nervous system of a person in connection with his time standards. In the studies of scientists of the world,
the influence of the internet and the problems of emotional intelligence on the emotional sphere of a person in a
virtual environment from various scientific and theoretical points of view have been considered, and the empirical
parts of the above studies have been covered. in our work. People now spend more of their free time watching videos,
playing games, shopping on the internet and providing various services on the internet than interacting with people,
which leads to the fact that interpersonal communication goes into the virtual environment. As a result, the ability to
control time and behavior in the virtual world decreases. During stay in the online environment, the emotional sphere
of a person is stimulated, and the attitude towards the environment changes. Human emotional intelligence
decreases. In the real world, the ability to understand people's feelings, reduce the ability to control their expressions,
cyber addiction, acceptance of the culture of the virtual environment acquire negative sides, as a result, their
emotional intelligence decreases. This article examines the problem of internet addiction, its significance today and
the psychological aspects of its impact on internet users, and also analyzes the socio-psychological factors that
contribute to the formation of internet addiction in the context of research by scientists. A theoretical analysis of the
individual psychological aspects of people with internet addiction was also conducted.
Research Article
THEORETICAL STUDY OF INDIVIDUAL PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF
INTERNET ADDICTED PERSONS
Submission Date:
Sep 20, 2024,
Accepted Date:
Sep 25, 2024,
Published Date:
Sep 30, 2024
Crossref doi:
https://doi.org/10.37547/ajsshr/Volume04Issue09-23
Sarvinoz Abdurazakovna Otamuratova
Teacher of the Department of "Family Psychology", Jizzakh branch of the National University of Uzbekistan,
Uzbekistan
Journal
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Copyright:
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Research object: 206 teenagers, 1st-4th year students studying at the Jizzakh branch of the National University of
Uzbekistan. Average age: 20.7 years.
Results: A group of teenagers prone to internet addiction are less aware of the place and place of using speech in
interpersonal communication, which is an activity learned earlier in ontogenesis, and the opposite is observed in those
prone to Internet addiction. Such people often make mistakes in interpreting the words of the interlocutor. The
emotional intelligence of a teenager addicted to the Internet is significantly lower than the emotional intelligence of
a teenager who uses the Internet less.
KEYWORDS
Internet addiction, activity, environment, professional development, addictology, cyberpsychology, increased
anxiety, conservatism, reflex, control, virtual space, Internet, psychological impact, social influence, dependence,
adult life, psychological comfort, behavior.
INTRODUCTION
The rapid development of the modern information
environment, based on the widespread use of the
internet in all spheres of activity and in everyday life,
stimulates the almost uncontrolled growth of World
Wide Web users. It brings comfort both technically and
materially for all strata of the population. The Internet,
a huge achievement whose importance for humanity
cannot be overestimated, creates a number of global
humanitarian problems, which makes it necessary to
study the issue of social and psychological effects of
large-scale computerization. It can be said that for
active Internet users, they go deep into the virtual
space, and exciting situations begin to overshadow the
reality that is gradually fading into the background.
There are different types of internet addiction,
including painful addiction to Internet use, long hours
of sessions of multiplayer online role-playing games,
"getting hooked" on social media, and surfing the
internet.
International demographic studies confirm that
Internet addiction is spreading rapidly and widely
throughout the world. In South Korea, it is one of the
most serious national health problems. In Europe, the
prevalence of Internet addiction among the population
varies from 2% to 4%, in the USA it is 5%, and in Asian
countries, the manifestation of Internet addiction is
more serious and affects 10.7% of users. We can say that
the level of dependence on the Internet does not leave
our country. Thus, the internet entered our lives and
brought a number of changes, including. Began to
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show its influence at the level of the human psyche.
Reference to modern foreign and domestic
psychological research shows that until now the
phenomenon of Internet addiction has been studied in
sufficient detail. The criteria of Internet addiction were
determined by scientists such as K. Yang, M. Griffiths,
A. E. Voiskunsky, A. Yu. Egorov, V. L. Malygin, a
classification of types of Internet addiction was
developed (K. Yang, M. Griffiths, A. E. Voiskunsky, A.
Yu. Malygin ).
Factors of Internet addiction are classified as follows:
•
(Y.V. Yao, A.I. Rabadanova, A.V. Ursu, V.A. Moskvin);
•
clinical (V.L. Malygin, A.Yu. Egorov, L.O. Perejogin);
•
geneticist (A.O. Kibitov, A.V. Trusova, A.V. Trusova);
•
social (V.L. Malygin, N.V. Sivrikova, G.U. Soldatova,
N.A. Tsoi, K. Young);
•
psychological (A.A. Antonenko, K.G. Dmitriev, A.O.
Kibitov, I.V. Kolotilova, V.L. Malygin, L.N. Molchanova,
T.V. Truva, T.V. , M. Griffiths, M. Potenza).
There are also works dedicated to the study of Internet
addiction or its predictors, in this regard, A.O. Kibitov,
T.M. Koryagina, A.V. Trusova, C.C. It finds its proof in
the researches of scientists such as Frangos and C.
Montang.
A lot of work has been done in the study of Internet
addiction, and despite the fact that their number is
increasing, in this regard, schoolchildren, teenagers
and students, aimed at studying the individual aspects
of this phenomenon, have been selected as primary
research samples. In the context of the formation of
Internet addiction in early and middle adulthood, the
category of users has not been sufficiently studied. At
the same time, the periods of early and middle
adulthood are filled with the most important life tasks
of professional development, family creation and self-
realization, and the presence of any type of
dependence is an unfavorable factor for personal
development. The above requires a comprehensive
review of the qualitative characteristics of an Internet
addict and his psychological forecasts, which allows to
estimate the probability of such an addiction.
There is a negative relationship between a person's
internet addiction, his reflexivity and vitality. The lack
of thinking skills among Internet addicted users does
not allow to analyze their feelings and actions, which
leads to a misunderstanding of their life process. A low
level of vitality is associated with difficulties in adapting
to changing environmental conditions, lack of
independence and difficulties with control and self-
management,
reducing
the
desire
for
self-
development, forming a life perspective and defining
indicates difficulties in achieving goals. A person
addicted to the Internet has different emotional
instability, low normative behavior, high anxiety,
conservatism, low self-control, emotional tension. It is
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characterized by a weak "I", emotional lability, deep
anxiety and a sense of threat, impulsivity,
disconnection and fear of the truth. Such a personality
is unique. Inability to cope with responsibility and
difficult life situations, weak mobilization ability, failure
to realize one's potential, feeling of internal
fragmentation, infantilism, tendency to avoid contact
with one's feelings and loneliness distinguished by
feeling. A person who is addicted to the Internet is
characterized by a sense of inferiority, insufficient
interest in achievements, low vitality, passivity, lack of
self-control and inability to cope with difficult life
situations. The psychological structure of an Internet
addict as a complex of interdependence in early and
middle adulthood does not have significant
differences. The most important feature that prevents
the emergence of Internet addiction is the reflex,
which, along with vitality, acts as a "protector" of
internet addiction. A person with a high level of
reflexes and vitality, who does not suffer from Internet
addiction, remains an open, self-developing system. In
turn, emotional instability, low self-control, high
anxiety, low normative behavior, and tension can
predict the emergence of Internet addiction, and this is
its prognosis, and the individual's open prevents self-
development as a system. The resulting prognostic
model can serve as a basis for identifying risk groups
and conducting preventive measures. Addiction
(English addiction - inclination, habit) is an obsessive
need to perform certain actions, despite the negative
consequences of a physical, psychological or social
nature. In the modern world, the science that studies
non-chemical and chemical addictions, mechanisms of
addiction, their diagnosis, stages of development,
methods of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation is
addiction. Deviant behavior is one of the forms of
behavior, which is manifested in the escape from
reality through changes in the mental state. Addictive
behavior is essentially the desire to change one's
mental state by taking certain substances or focusing
on certain things or activities.
In foreign literature, the term "Internet addiction" is
used to describe the phenomenon of Internet
addiction, while "addiction" in English is considered in
the context of the semantic field of such phenomena
as "lack of independence". "Submission" (S.H. Chen,
M. Griffiths, D.J. Kuss, K. Young, Y. Zhang, et al.). Local
researchers (A. Yu. Egorov, V. L. Malygin, V. D.
Mendelevich, T. V. Panteleeva, M. G. Chukhrova, etc.)
accept the concepts of "Internet addiction" and
"Internet addiction" as synonyms.
It is human nature to seek psychological comfort and
pleasure. Under normal conditions, psychological well-
being is realized in various ways: overcoming
difficulties, achieving goals, harmonious relationships
with others, playing sports, creativity or hobbies. A.O.
Bukhanovsky, N.V. Dmitrieva, V.D. Mendelevich, Ts.P.
According to Korolenko, in cases of addiction, many
choices of behavioral strategies are sharply narrowed,
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fixation occurs in any way of comfort and pleasure, the
rest are excluded or fade into the background and are
used less and less. It should be noted that the main
element that explains the attractiveness of attachment
to an addictive agent is the ability to change the state
of mind at any time without special efforts to get
pleasure. This sense of control has a significant impact
on the initiation of addiction dynamics. A dangerous
illusion of freedom, self-sufficiency and independence
is created. A new dependent personality is being
formed
with
unique
motivations,
interests,
orientations, and value orientations that differ from
the previous ones. S.P. Korolenko identified the
following types of non-chemical addictions: gambling,
relationship addiction, sex and love addiction, money
addiction, workaholicism, as well as intermediate
addiction, overeating and hunger addiction. Then A.
Yu. Egorov expanded the list of behavioral addictions
and proposed classifications by adding technological
(including Internet addiction) and some types of
socially acceptable addictions.
Obsessive (compulsive) desire to use the Internet,
which leads to negative consequences in social
interactions, professional activity and family. In 1996,
K. Young proposed to consider Internet addiction as a
real new clinical pathology. Based on the DSM-IV
criteria for pathological gambling, he created 20 tests
that measure how severely the Internet interferes with
a person's social life.
According to K. Yang, the internet itself is not
addictive, but has its own characteristics that
encourage the development of addiction in the user.
To explain the observed effect, he proposed the ACE
(Accessibility, Control, Excitement) model. In the
above model, he describes three main characteristics
of the Internet (availability, control, arousal) that
increase the likelihood of addiction. In 1996, K. Young
proposed to consider Internet addiction as a real new
clinical pathology. Based on the DSM-IV criteria for
pathological gambling, he created 20 tests that
measure how severely the Internet interferes with a
person's social life. According to K. Yang, the Internet
itself is not addictive, but has its own characteristics
that encourage the development of addiction in the
user. To explain the observed effect, he proposed the
ACE (Accessibility, Control, Excitement) model. In the
above model, he describes three main characteristics
of the Internet (availability, control, arousal) that
increase the likelihood of addiction.
"The dictionary of modern American psychiatric
terminology, in contrast to its adoption in Russia, they
are used much more widely in foreign literature. In the
context of terminological inconsistency, some authors
consider "addiction" to be a disease and to describe
accompanying forms of behavior" use the term
"addiction"; others have the opposite opinion; still
others do not distinguish between these terms. At the
same time, the tendency to expand the boundaries in
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the understanding of addiction is increasing: addiction
to traditional (so-called chemical) behavior is
increasingly mentioned [ 1].
In its most general form, internet addiction is
characterized as a non-chemical dependence on
internet use accompanied by social maladjustment and
severe psychological symptoms. In many psychological
dictionaries, internet addiction is defined as a mental
disorder characterized by an obsessive desire to
connect to the internet and a painful inability to
disconnect from the Internet in a timely manner [2].
The terminology of the problem has not yet been fully
established. Terms such as "internet addiction",
"computer addiction", "problematic internet use",
"excessive/pathological use of the internet" are used.
With a large number of names, scientists are relatively
unanimous in identifying the behavioral characteristics
that reveal this phenomenon.
M. Orzak systematized the studied symptoms of
Internet addiction. According to his classification, all
symptoms are divided into psychological and physical.
According to M. Orzak, psychological symptoms of
Internet addiction include:
- good mood, emotional uplift at the computer;
- unwillingness to stop the activity;
- Increase the number of hours spent on the Internet;
- ignoring relatives and acquaintances;
- occurrence of depressive states, irritation when you
need to take a break at the computer;
- problems in work or educational activities. Physical
symptoms:
- carpal tunnel syndrome;
- burning sensation in the eyes;
- cephalgia;
- pain in the spine;
- irregular eating, skipping meals;
- non-observance of personal hygiene rules;
- insomnia, changes in sleep patterns. Kimberley Young
suggests five types of internet use disorders:
1. Addiction to cybersex: desire to be on pornographic
sites on the Internet, discussing sexual topics in chat
rooms or closed "adult" groups.
2. Dependence on the social aspects of the Internet, ie.
from communication in chats, group online games, as
a result of which real people are replaced by virtual
ones.
3. Pathological addiction, reflecting addiction to online
auctions or shopping in online stores.
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4. Compulsive navigation on the WWW: endless travels
on the Internet, searching for information in databases
and search sites.
5. Computer (game) addiction.
R. Davis proposed a cognitive-behavioral model of
Internet addiction, identified two forms of it, which he
defined as specific pathological Internet use and
general pathological Internet use. The first form is
dependence on one or another specific function of the
Internet (online sex services, online games, online
stock trading, etc.). The thematic content of addiction
remains and is often performed outside the Internet.
The second form is non-specialized, multipurpose
internet use, which is characterized by a large amount
of time spent online without a specific purpose
(chatting, e-mail addiction, etc.), mainly related to the
social aspects of the internet.
According to N. A. Nosov, the main mechanism of
Internet addiction formation is the transfer of the goal
to the virtual world to compensate for the problem
areas of human life by creating a desired personality
and satisfying the basic needs of the person in an
imaginary way. in virtual reality. The goal of
transitioning from a person's real life to a virtual one is
achieved thanks to the possibility of hiding any
appearance of life on the internet (the ability to change
gender, name, experience, feelings).
K. Yang developed a three-level model that explains
the pathological use of the Internet by many people.
This model is represented by the abbreviation ACE
(Accessibility, Control, Excitement) [3]. According to
the model, Internet addiction is formed as a result of
the freedom of certain actions, and, as a rule, the result
of these actions is available after a very short time; as a
result of maintaining control (Control) over the actions
taken and the consequences of one's decisions;
emotional uplift, as a result of excitement
(excitement) from the results of one's actions
(win/loss, profit/financial loss, etc.).
Many researchers argue that internet addiction is a
gradual process. K. Yang considers 3 stages: in the
initial stage, there is familiarity and interest in the
internet, as well as new opportunities that open up for
the individual (at the next stage, the Internet replaces
important aspects of human life); at the last stage we
can talk about "retreat to virtual reality".
For J. Grohol [5], the phenomenon of Internet
addiction is considered as a stage of acquisition of
information technologies. In the first stage "Loop" -
the stage of "enchantment" (enchantment) in a
person who has mastered new technologies,
behavioral reactions that can be perceived as
psychological addiction are noted. A natural relief from
a developing addiction indicates a transition to a
"balance" phase. Thus, D. Grohol considers "getting
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stuck" at one of the inevitable stages of mastering
information technologies.
M. Griffiths [4] argues that the majority of active
Internet users are not Internet addicts, but use the
network to pursue other addictions. According to the
author, Internet addiction is a specific group of various
behavioral addictions, in which the computer is not the
object of addiction, but only a means of their
implementation.
CONCLUSIONS
Summarizing the above, we can conclude that internet
addiction is a real phenomenon of the modern world.
Despite the existence of a large number of empirical
studies,
scientists
have
not
developed
a
comprehensive understanding of this phenomenon.
There is inconsistency and fragmentation of the
conceptual and categorical apparatus, which to some
extent makes the study of Internet addiction difficult.
At the same time, there are a number of fundamental
studies (K.Yang, I.Goldberg, A.E., D.Grohol, etc.), which
provide the basis for further scientific research on the
mechanisms of the formation and development of the
addiction process.
In conclusion, a practical inquiry into the development
of effective psychological technologies to prevent
internet addiction, correct its negative consequences
in adult users, and the lack of research on psychological
predictors and personality traits of internet addiction
between conflict arises.
Internet users with different levels of Internet
addiction have different basic coping strategies. A
person with an internet addiction may choose to avoid
problems as their primary strategy. The use of this
strategy is associated with the underdevelopment of
personal-ecological coping resources and skills for
actively solving problem situations. In a sample of non-
Internet-addicted subjects, the "Problem Solving"
strategy is dominant.
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