FORMS OF SUPPORT AMONG YOUTH ADDICTED TO THE INTERNET

U ovom radu prikazani su rezultati kvalitativnog istraţivanja s ciljem dobivanja uvida u doţivljaj pruţanja podrške mladim osobama ovisnima o internetu iz perspektive struĉnjaka pomagaĉkih profesija. Osim oblika podrške koja je na raspolaganju mladim osobama, ovisnima o internetu cilj je bio dobiti uvid u neke njihove specifiĉnosti, te karakteristike njihovih obiteljskih odnosa. Provedeno je osam polustrukturiranih intervjua, u kojima su sudjelovali struĉnjaci pomagaĉkih profesija, koji se u svojem radu susreću s ovom populacijom. Sudionici istraţivanja su bili psiholozi, psihijatri, te struĉnjak iz podruĉja antropologije ovisnosti koji se trenutno bave pruţanjem pomoći mladim osobama na zagrebaĉkom podruĉju. Rezultati su pokazali da se radi o mladim osobama ĉija ovisnost zapoĉinje vrlo rano, koje su socijalno izolirane u realnom svijetu, introvertirane, s lošijom slikom o sebi, koje imaju problema u školi, te doţivljavaju internet izvorom moći. Njihovi roditelji imaju loše relacije s djecom, pokazuju neadekvatne modele ponašanja, te im je potrebna veća educiranost o problemu ovisnosti o internetu. Oblici podrške dijele se s obzirom na uzrast mladih osoba, pa tako oni koji su maloljetni dobivaju psihosocijalnu podršku od strane tima struĉnjaka, savjetovanje roditelja, te mogućnost tretmana u dnevnoj bolnici. S onima koji su punoljetni primjenjuju se razliĉite terapijske metode, medikamentna terapija, te takoĊer imaju na raspolaganju program dnevne bolnice. Nalazi ovog istraţivanja otkrivaju pojedine vaţne znaĉajke ove populacije, te još vaţnije, oblike podrške koji do sada nisu bili na ovaj naĉin istraţeni i definirani.This paper presents the results of qualitative research with the aim of gaining an insight into the experience of providing support to young people who are addicted to the internet from the perspective of experts in assistive professions. Apart from the forms of support available to young people, we wanted to specify the population, their specific characteristics and characteristics of their family relationships. Eight semi- structured interviews were conducted, involving experts in assistive professions, more precisely the psychologists, psychiatrists, and expert in antropology of addiction, who are currently working with young people in the Zagreb area. The results have shown that it's about young people whose addiction begins very early, which are socially isolated in the real world, introverted, emotionally obscured with positive self-deprecating, dysfunctional in school, and experience the Internet as a source of power. Their parents have bad relationships with children, show inadequate model of behavior, and need more education about the problem. Forms of support are splited, considering age of youth. Those under 18 years old, receive psychosocial support from a team of experts, parental counseling, and the possibility of treatment at a day hospital. With those who are of age, there ae different therapeutic methods, medication therapy, and a daily hospital program. The findings of this research reveal some important features of this population, and more importantly, forms of support that have not been explored and defined so far