The pattern of Internet-dependent behavior among adolescents in the Republic of Tuva
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https://doi.org/10.25178/nit.2025.4.15Keywords:
Republic of Tuva; Tuvans; Russians of Tuva; adolescent; Internet addiction; behavior patternAbstract
This article analyzes the structure of Internet addictions and the stages in the formation of Internet-dependent behavior patterns among adolescents living in the Republic of Tuva. The authors examine the age, gender, and ethnic aspects of this behavioral pattern. The study is based on the psychological assessment materials of 223 schoolchildren aged 12 to 18, conducted in the spring of 2023 and spring of 2024. The diagnostic tool used was Chen’s Internet Addiction Scale screening questionnaire.
It was found that Internet-dependent behavior in all adolescents is rooted in a stable and pronounced pattern comprising five Internet addictions. The first stage of pattern development is characterized by a limited number (1–4) of Internet addictions. The second stage involves the full set of Internet addictions and, accordingly, the formation of a complete pattern of Internet-dependent behavior. Age-related features of the Internet-dependent behavior pattern include a 2.1-fold increase in the frequency of compulsive symptoms and a 2.4-fold increase in intrapersonal problems, as well as health-related issues in younger Tuvan adolescents with Internet addiction compared to older Tuvan adolescents with the same dependency.
The gender-specific characteristics of the pattern are manifested in a 1.9-fold dominance of withdrawal symptoms and signs of tolerance among Tuvan girls with Internet addiction. Ethnic aspects of the Internet addiction behavior pattern in Tuvan adolescents are reflected in twice as many Internet addictions and elevated quantitative indicators on the relevant scales.
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Zaitseva O. I., Kolodiazhnaia T. A. and Zaitseva Zh. G. The pattern of Internet-dependent behavior among adolescents in the Republic of Tuva. New Research of Tuva, 2025, no. 4, pp. 267-286. (In Russ.). DOI: https://doi.org/10.25178/nit.2025.4.15
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Olga I. Zaitseva, Research Institute of Medical Problems of the North, Federal Research Center “Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences”
Doctor of Medical Sciences, Chief Researcher, Laboratory of Clinical Pathophysiology, Research Institute of Medical Problems of the North, Federal Research Center “Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences”.
Postal address: 3 Partizanа Zheleznyakа St., 660022, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
Email: 1081959@mail.ru
Tatiana A. Kolodiazhnaia, Research Institute of Medical Problems of the North, Federal Research Center “Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences”,
Candidate of Biological Sciences, Leading Researcher, Laboratory of Clinical Pathophysiology, Research Institute of Medical Problems of the North, Federal Research Center “Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences”.
Postal address: 3 Partizaаn Zheleznyakа St., 660022, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
Email: tat2360955@mail.ru
Zhanna G. Zaitseva, Research Institute of Medical Problems of the North, Federal Research Center “Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences”
Junior Researcher, Laboratory of Clinical Pathophysiology, Research Institute of Medical Problems of the North, Federal Research Center “Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences”.
Postal address: 3 Partizanа Zheleznyakа St., 660022, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.
Email: 89831549968@mail.ru
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