Fonte: Revista Turismo Estudos e Práticas - RTEP/UERN; No. 2 (2019): Caderno Suplementar; 1-6
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Resumo: The work is devoted to the problem of Internet addiction disorder. The article deals with the psychological characteristics of Internet addicted students. Three levels of Internet addiction were defined. The role of the Internet in the lives of today's students was investigated. The research aimed to determine the level of communication skills development, the peculiarities of emotional sphere, the level of stress resistance and will power. To study the psychological constitution of students, such research methods as enquiry, questionnaire, testing, monitoring and ascertaining experiment were used. The dynamics of psychological constitution of Internet addicted students was analyzed in the process of increasing the extent of this addiction. It was concluded that Internet addicted students have low level of communication skills, the prevalence of such emotional states as anxiety, passivity, loneliness, depression, low level of stress resistance and will power. The main ways of Internet addiction prophylaxis were proposed. The formation of positive traditions among the collective, the development of self-management skills and skill of constructive relationships making, play the important role in the prophylaxis of Internet-addicted behavior. The results of the study may be interesting for lecturers, teachers, and graduate students, interested in the problems of Internet addiction.
