Analysis of individualality and personality factors of computer games addiction

Introduction. The problem of informational violence in modern society permeates all spheres of human activity and affects all its structural aspects. Information violence, expressed in imposing false ideals and meanings of human life, neuro-linguistic programming, in public debauchery and pseudo inf...

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Main Authors: A. V. Grishina, E. N. Volkova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University 2019-12-01
Series:Вестник Мининского университета
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Online Access:https://vestnik.mininuniver.ru/jour/article/view/1043
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Summary:Introduction. The problem of informational violence in modern society permeates all spheres of human activity and affects all its structural aspects. Information violence, expressed in imposing false ideals and meanings of human life, neuro-linguistic programming, in public debauchery and pseudo information, has a negative impact on the evolution of human consciousness. A special form of informational violence is computer gaming addiction, which in foreign and domestic psychology is no longer new, but due to serious negative consequences, it does not only  lose its relevance, but also becomes more acute due to an increase in number of  addicted computer players.Materials and methods. The study used theoretical (analysis of psychological, pedagogical and philosophical literature) and empirical methods (questioning, pedagogical observation, testing, stating experiment, forming experiment, quantitative and qualitative analysis) of the study.Results. As a result of the study, factors of individual and personal development were identified that contribute to the formation of computer gaming addiction with  younger adolescence peculiarities of  development of subjectivity were revealed with balanced and unbalanced development of parameters of subjectivity). The survey sample included 146 students aged 10 to 11 (younger adolescence). A comparative analysis of the results of the study of individual personality factors of adolescents with high and low levels of computer gaming addiction showed significant differences (p <0.001).Discussion and conclusions. According to the results of the study, it was revealed that computer games, being an element of the information environment of modern society, have a significant impact on the development of the mental characteristics of a younger teenager. With children having high rates of ICD, there are low cognitive abilities; low indicators on the following parameters of a subjectivity: awareness of the ability to reflect; awareness of freedom of choice and responsibility for it; understanding and acceptance of another, awareness of self-development.
ISSN:2307-1281