Keyword: «addictive behavior»

This article deals with such model of consumer behavior as irrational one and its option – addictive behavior. Addictive consumption is characterized by the desire to consume certain goods, which are believed to be the most essential in his value system. This type of consumption is common for alcoholics, drug addicts, gambling and shopping addicts. These forms of the additive consumption are the most dangerous ones for society and can lead to its degradation.

It’s a detailed exposition of clinical and psychological aspects of heroin intoxication – euphoria, the possibility of changing mental state in attractive for users trend. Besides, increasing use of drugs caused at first by the desire for euphoria is governed by the fact that euphoria “solves” any drug-related problems – psychological dependence is formed. When the symptoms of physical dependence are added, the use of drugs is further intensified and from the negation of addictive identity (psychological dependence), the acceptance of addictive identity is formed. Behavior becomes disintegrated – addictive, when the ideals and orders of society are not admitted. Addictive behavior causes great violations of adaptation to the society.

The article presents an approach to the problem of the predisposition of adolescent's personality to addictive behavior, the rapid growth of which has been noted in Russia over the past decade. In the course of the study, it was established that the deformation of personal qualities is an essential socio-psychological feature of the manifestation of addictive behavior by adolescents. The authors proposed practical recommendations for the organization of preventive work with adolescents.

The relevance of the implemented study is due to the increase in the number of persons with deviant forms of behavior, which negatively affects both the state of society in general and the development of these individuals in particular. The aim of the study was to understand the characteristics of adaptation to the environment in persons with drug and alcohol addiction and in a sample of persons without deviant behavior. The results obtained made it possible to state the absence of statistically significant differences in the degree of adaptation among persons with drug and alcohol addiction and respondents with no deviations in behavior. At the same time, the qualitative characteristic features of the adaptation were found in respondents with drug and alcohol addiction.

The authors reveal the relevance of the problem of Internet addiction among younger schoolchildren. The Internet has become an integral part of children's lives. The orientation of children of primary school age to information and communication technologies and the development of their ability to use them competently are important elements in the formation of universal educational actions of schoolchildren. Currently, children have free access to devices with Internet access from an early age: they watch cartoons, play games. In the realities of modern education, it is required to do homework using a computer, search for information on the Internet, and a large part of the information must be presented in electronic form. The educational process built on the use of the Internet entails risks. The article presents the results of a study of Internet addiction among children of primary school age, obtained using the methods: "Method of Screening Diagnostics of Computer Addiction" by L. N. Yuryeva and T. Yu. Bolbot, "Scale of Internet Addiction" by A. Zhichkina. Recommendations are given for the implementation of preventive work with younger schoolchildren of the "risk group".