Irina V. Kulagina

The wide spread of modern individual’s addiction to social media cannot but affect the appearance of specifics in the structure of his/her personality. The aim of our study was to examine the specifics of the structural components of the personality of women with narcissistic traits and moderate addiction to social media. The empirical data obtained allowed us to identify such factors as «Individualism», «Proneness to conflict», «Self-righteous aggression», «Confidence in her uniqueness», «Competitive position», «Thick-skin», «Demonstrative behavioral stereotype», «Defensive behavior», «The need for warm emotional relationships with others».

According to a survey conducted by the Rabota.ru service for 2024, 53% of Russians admit to being addicted to the Internet. Many of them report that visiting various social networks is an integral part of their life. The strongest addiction to social networks is found in women with narcissistic personal traits. The aim of our study was to examine whether narcissistic traits are typical for women with moderate addiction to social networks. As a result, the data were obtained indicating that respondents exhibited such traits as the need for constant attention and admiration, expectation of special treatment, manipulation in interpersonal relationships, and lack of empathy.

The importance of the "own health" value for a person has recently become increasingly great. It is particularly relevant for middle-aged people, but the degree of its importance varies among this contingent. The purpose of our study was to study and identify the most characteristic individual typological features of a person who attaches great importance to the value of "own health". As a result, individual typological features were identified that are characteristic of people who differently assess the degree of significance of the value “own health”.

Health as a value is constantly relevant, which is the reason for research concerning this aspect. The purpose of our study was to empirically examine the relationship between individual typological characteristics of a person and the degree of importance a person gives to the value of “own health.” As a result, personal traits were identified that are characteristic of individuals who place the value “health” on the upper and middle levels of personal values hierarchy.

Within the framework of psychoanalytic theory, the causes of psychosomatic phenomena are associated with the characteristics of secondary narcissism, which develop in a complex discourse of relations with the primary one. This discourse is in tune with another phenomenon, which can be referred to as "narcissistic trauma". The purpose of this work is to test the hypothesis, that experimental groups with different severity of psychosomatic complaints when comparing them empirically give a picture corresponding to the manifestations of narcissistic trauma. An important part of such a study is the selection of the correct set of methods for the study of narcissistic traumatization and its accompanying borderline phenomena, as well as the registration of psychosomatic complaints. The novelty of the work is in the fact that the identified collections of psychometric constructs, within the framework of which the manifestations of narcissistic traumatization, narcissistic anger (rage) fit in, give the prospect of operationalization of these concepts. The results of the study are reflected in the form of correlation and interpretation of empirically obtained data with theoretical models.