Preventive Measures in Adolescents’ Addiction on the Virtual Environment
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.63437/Keywords:
preventive measures, virtual environment, adolescents, addiction preventionAbstract
The article considers preventive measures to prevent
the emergence of adolescent addiction on the virtual
environment. The data of world researches on this topic are
given. The factors of occurrence of addiction on the virtual
environment are considered. It has been established that the
excessive use of Internet resources has a destructive effect
on the state of mental and physical health of adolescents.
Examples of preventive measures to prevent the occurrence
of addiction on the virtual environment are described.
Parts of the addiction prevention and correction program
are briefly reviewed. Within the framework of the program,
recommendations were given to parents for the primary
prevention and correction of adolescents' addiction on a
virtual environment for use at home. It was revealed that
addiction on the virtual environment, which a teenager
enters with the help of various gadgets, can manifest itself
in various forms, such as lack of control over the time spent
on the Internet, isolation, mood changes, conflicts, lies,
excessive use and loss of interest in real life. It is described
as an excessive flow of new information, the use of digital
technologies, as well as the spread of networked computer
games has a significant impact on the education of modern
teenagers. It is shown how the structure of teenagers' leisure
has changed, because modern gadgets, such as smartphones,
tablets and laptops, combine the capabilities of a music
center, video player, game console, books.
It is described that every day there is an increase in the
number of Internet users of adolescence who prefer passive
pastime through watching streaming videos on YouTube or
excessively addicted to network games on the Internet. At
the same time, along with the indisputable positive aspect
of global digitalization, one should remember the dangerous
negative consequences of this process that affect the sociopsychological health of adolescents. Such a possible
negative consequence, with excessive use of the resources of
the worldwide network, may be the emergence and formation
of addiction on the virtual environment
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