!!! Actuality: Recent statistics shows that 59% of the world navigates the Internet between 4-8 h and more The most frequent user is: the adolescent !!! ~18%-
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!!! Actuality:
Recent statistics shows that
59% of the world navigates the
Internet between 4-8 h and
more
The most frequent user is: the
adolescent
!!! ~18%- adolescents in the
world suffer from Internet
Addiction..
Slide 4
These data inform about the existence of
an adolescent’s preference for the
Internet environment, leading to form a
specific online behaviour between the
limits of norm and addiction.
Consequently, it was opened a wide area
of socio-humanitarian research with the
main goal to study the phenomenon of
the adolescent’s Internet use.
Slide 5
Expresses User’s Self
without social blaming
m
Facilitates
m
communication
Establishing new social
m
relationshipsde relații
sociale noi, ,
finding/forming new
interest groups
Contributes to develop
an addictive behaviour
Real Self or Imaginary Self (Turkle, McKenna)
Introversive compensative effect, expressing
undeveloped parts (Jung, Norton, Kraut)
Compensates the feeling of isolation and
loneliness (Brewer, Bettencourt, Sheldon),
training many social roles to develop their
identity (Ericson)
Patologic usage of online games and hazard
activities (Young, LaRose, Lin, Eastin)
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Problem:
It does not exist a definite psychological profile of the
adolescent internet-user.
So,
The current research conceptualizes the use of the
Internet as a complex human activity influenced
by personality characteristics.
Hypothesis: it is supposed that the content of
psychological profile of the adolescent Internet-user
depends on time he spends navigating/staying online.
Goal: to determine the relationship between personality
factors and time navigated online.
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Methodology:
The experimental group consisted of 200 adolescents
of 15-19 years who were given a questionnaire on
their online activity and time they spend online
per day. Consequently, based on online time
indices 2 groups of subjects (each by 50) were
selected to study their personality profiles in
terms of normal rate of time (0-3 hour daily) , high
level (4-5 hours per day) and very high (6-10
hours).
Methods:
Passive and active observation within online
environment (sites), interviews , questionnaire on
online activity and personality tests, statistical
analysis (One-Sample T-Test, Pearson’s test)
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As a result, it was stated that the character
of the adolescent’s virtual activity, which
may vary from normal browsing or
chatting to exaggerate virtual gambling,
depends on his/her personality profile,
showing the most representative
differences in terms of the traits such as
Shyness and Boldness; Inhibition and
Dynamics, Trust and Suspicion, Anxiety
and Adaptability, Self-Power, SelfAssessment, and Ego identity Status.
Slide 9
This way, the adolescent Internet-user who
does not exceed the normal online time stay
appears to be: dynamic, bold, trustful, Selfconfident, able to adapt to new circumstances,
etc.
On the other hand, the exceeding navigation in
terms of time values is determined by the
following personality factors such as: shyness,
inhibition, suspicion, anxiety, weak Self-power,
which lead the user to look for possibilities to
compensate them virtually, thus manifesting
an internet addictive behaviour.
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Slide 3
!!! Actuality:
Recent statistics shows that
59% of the world navigates the
Internet between 4-8 h and
more
The most frequent user is: the
adolescent
!!! ~18%- adolescents in the
world suffer from Internet
Addiction..
Slide 4
These data inform about the existence of
an adolescent’s preference for the
Internet environment, leading to form a
specific online behaviour between the
limits of norm and addiction.
Consequently, it was opened a wide area
of socio-humanitarian research with the
main goal to study the phenomenon of
the adolescent’s Internet use.
Slide 5
Expresses User’s Self
without social blaming
m
Facilitates
m
communication
Establishing new social
m
relationshipsde relații
sociale noi, ,
finding/forming new
interest groups
Contributes to develop
an addictive behaviour
Real Self or Imaginary Self (Turkle, McKenna)
Introversive compensative effect, expressing
undeveloped parts (Jung, Norton, Kraut)
Compensates the feeling of isolation and
loneliness (Brewer, Bettencourt, Sheldon),
training many social roles to develop their
identity (Ericson)
Patologic usage of online games and hazard
activities (Young, LaRose, Lin, Eastin)
Slide 6
Problem:
It does not exist a definite psychological profile of the
adolescent internet-user.
So,
The current research conceptualizes the use of the
Internet as a complex human activity influenced
by personality characteristics.
Hypothesis: it is supposed that the content of
psychological profile of the adolescent Internet-user
depends on time he spends navigating/staying online.
Goal: to determine the relationship between personality
factors and time navigated online.
Slide 7
Methodology:
The experimental group consisted of 200 adolescents
of 15-19 years who were given a questionnaire on
their online activity and time they spend online
per day. Consequently, based on online time
indices 2 groups of subjects (each by 50) were
selected to study their personality profiles in
terms of normal rate of time (0-3 hour daily) , high
level (4-5 hours per day) and very high (6-10
hours).
Methods:
Passive and active observation within online
environment (sites), interviews , questionnaire on
online activity and personality tests, statistical
analysis (One-Sample T-Test, Pearson’s test)
Slide 8
As a result, it was stated that the character
of the adolescent’s virtual activity, which
may vary from normal browsing or
chatting to exaggerate virtual gambling,
depends on his/her personality profile,
showing the most representative
differences in terms of the traits such as
Shyness and Boldness; Inhibition and
Dynamics, Trust and Suspicion, Anxiety
and Adaptability, Self-Power, SelfAssessment, and Ego identity Status.
Slide 9
This way, the adolescent Internet-user who
does not exceed the normal online time stay
appears to be: dynamic, bold, trustful, Selfconfident, able to adapt to new circumstances,
etc.
On the other hand, the exceeding navigation in
terms of time values is determined by the
following personality factors such as: shyness,
inhibition, suspicion, anxiety, weak Self-power,
which lead the user to look for possibilities to
compensate them virtually, thus manifesting
an internet addictive behaviour.