Subjective and Family-Related Risk Factors for the Internet Addiction in the Group of Females and Males.Psycho-Pedagogical Approach

  • Karolina Komsta-Tokarzewska The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin
Keywords: Internet addiction; risk factors; parental attitudes; emotional intelligence; social competences

Abstract

Obiectives. The purpose of this article was to answer the question which of the analysed subjective and family-related variables determine the risk of Internet addiction.

Material and methoods. This article makes use of the Internet Addiction Test by K. Young, Social Competences Questionnaire (A. Matczak), INTE Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire (Anna Cie­chanowicz, A. Jaworska, A. Matczak) and the Parents-Child Relationship Questionnaire by A. Roe and M. Siegelman in the Polish adaptation by W.S. Kowalski (1984). In the quantitative analysis of data obtained from these psychological tests, the statistical package SPSS + and STATISTICA were used. 322 people aged 19-31 have been examined with the use of the afore-mentioned methods.

Results and conclusions. The obtained results indicate the predictive importance of social competences determining the effectiveness of respondents’ functioning in intimate situations (both in the group of females and males). The following have turned out to be determinants in the group of females: fatherʼs demanding attitude, emotional intelligence and social competences determining the effectiveness of functioning in intimate situations and those requiring assertiveness. In the group of males, five prediction factors have been revealed, including: motherʼs protecting and loving attitude, fatherʼs liberal attitude and social competences determining the effectiveness of functioning in situations of social exposure and intimacy.

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2019-12-31
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