INTERNET-ADDICTION AS FACTOR OF THE INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION DISORDER

Розглянуто психологічні характеристики Інтернет-залежних особистостей, які можуть бути чинниками порушень у міжособистісному спілкуванні та впливати на їх психологічне здоров’я.Рассмотрено психологические характеристики Интернет-зависимых личностей, которые могут быть факторами нарушений в межличностном общении и влиять на их психологическое здоровье.The paper is aimed at studying psychological characteristics of Internet-addicted individuals, which can cause violation of their interpersonal communication and tell negatively on psychological health.Theoretical analysis of the problem has shown that Internet-addiction can not only deteriorate interpersonalcommunication but also negatively in?uence the individual’s personal sphere and psychological health.The results of the empirical research allow making the following conclusion that with the increase of the Internet-addiction, the inner undifferentiated states of “for” and “against” one are likely to appear. The higher is the level of the Internet-addiction, the lower the results in the “Self-respect” scale are. The group of the Internet-addicted research participants appeared to possess in their repertoire of coping strategies “Avoidance” as a dominating strategy