AGE DISTINCTIONS OF INTERNET-ADDICTION (BASED ON RESEARCH 2014 AND 2018 YEARS)

Abstract

The article presents the results of empirical studies of Internet addiction in adolescents, youths and adults persons, which were conducted in 2014 and 2018 years. According to the results of the study, typical representatives of the society tend to form Internet-addiction. In adults internal self-monitoring mechanisms develops during the use of the network. The greatest propensity to develop addiction in the process of using the digital network is traced in persons of adolescence. According to the results of the study of age-related differences in Internet addiction, we came to the conclusion that in the context of the information society and the need to constantly consume information, this type of addiction can be considered as a norm if the internal personal self-monitoring mechanisms are developed in the process of using Internet services.