Психологічні особливості кіберзалежних підлітків

Abstract

The paper examines approaches to defining the term «cyberaddiction», identifies psychological and physiological symptoms characterizing cyberaddiction, reveals the consequences of teenagers' hyper-involvement in cyberspace. It is noted that adolescence is the most sensitive age for the emergence and formation of cyber addiction. Empirical results are presented that demonstrate the prevalence of cyber addiction among teenagers. The consequences of cyber addiction and determined psychological features of cyber addicted teenagers are discussed