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{"title":"Psychodiagnostics of Value Orientations of Adolescents: the Results of Standardization of the Methodology \"Hierarchy of Life Values\" by G.V. Rezapkina","authors":"O.A. Ulyanina, N.P. Radchikova, E.V. Borisenko, Z.R. Khayrova","doi":"10.17759/sps.2023140310","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17759/sps.2023140310","url":null,"abstract":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Objective</strong> of the study is to check the psychometric properties and validity of the questionnaire &amp;ldquo;Hierarchy of Life Values&amp;rdquo; (G.V. Rezapkina), which allows to determine the preferences of eight basic values (Health, Welfare, Creativity, Family, Career, Service, Glory, Recreation) for adolescents aged 10-18.<br><strong>Background.</strong> At the moment, the values of a teenager are formed in a situation of social instability and value-normative uncertainty, so the task of adolescents&amp;rsquo; values study is of great importance, imposing special requirements on the choice of research tools. <br><strong>Study design.</strong> The survey was conducted online using Google forms. The questionaries &amp;ldquo;Life Values Hierarchy&amp;rdquo; (G.V. Rezapkina), &amp;ldquo;Purpose-In-Life Orientations&amp;rdquo; (D.A. Leontiev) and &amp;ldquo;Questionnaire for the study of emotional attitude to learning&amp;rdquo; (A.M. Prihozhan) were used. <br><strong>Participants.</strong> The study included 1303 adolescents aged 10 to 18 years (mean age = 13,7 &amp;plusmn; 1,7 years, median = 13 years); of these, 42% were female, 32% were male, and 26% did not indicate their sex. <strong>Measurements.</strong> Cronbach's alpha and MacDonald's omega, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyzes were used to test the internal consistency of the questionnaire; Pearson's correlation coefficient was used to check external validity; three-way ANOVA with Duncan's posterior test was used to determine gender and age differences; and multidimensional scaling was used to determine the space of life values. <br><strong>Results.</strong> The results showed a fairly good internal consistency of all scales (Cronbach's &amp;alpha; = 0,75-0,84), while exploratory and confirmatory factor analyzes confirm the 8-factor structure of the questionnaire. External validity is confirmed by relationships with purpose-in-life orientations, motivation and emotional attitude to learning. Gender and age differences are small. Girls value creativity and glory more than boys. As adolescents age, the value of a career and material security increases, while the value of service decreases. <strong>Conclusions.</strong> The questionnaire &amp;ldquo;Life Values Hierarchy&amp;rdquo; (G.V. Rezapkina) is simple, effective, reliable and valid and can be used both for research and applied purposes for adolescents aged 10-18.</p>","PeriodicalId":54079,"journal":{"name":"Social Psychology and Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136113571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Digital Socialization of Russian Adolescents: through the Prism of Comparison with Adolescents in 18 European Countries","authors":"G.U. Soldatova, E.I. Rasskazova","doi":"10.17759/sps.2023140302","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17759/sps.2023140302","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective.</strong> Identification of common and specific patterns of digital socialization of Russian adolescents aged 12-17, compared with data from other European countries. <br><strong>Background.</strong> The development of adolescents aged 12-17 is largely taking place in the context of digital socialization. Understanding of this context, especially in comparison with other European countries, is important to identify the opportunities and risks of this socialization, as well as targets for assistance. <br><strong>Study design. </strong>The study was exploratory and comparative. <br><strong>Participants.</strong> 1380 Russian adolescents (648 aged 12-14 and 732 aged 15-17; including 644 boys and 736 girls) from 15 regions of Russia belonging to 8 Federal Districts were compared with data from 16048 teenagers aged 12-17 years from 18 European countries. <br><strong>Measurements.</strong> Adolescents filled scales assessing user activity on weekends and weekdays, the variety of online activities, signs of excessive user activity, digital competence, as well as experience of online risks. <strong>Results.</strong> The average user activity of adolescents was 4-5 hours on weekdays and 6-8 hours on weekends. Compared to 18 other European countries, Russian adolescents had one of the highest levels of user activity on weekdays in Europe and wide range of the content of activities online, while signs of excessive user activity were rare. However, Russia w&amp;shy;as among the three countries with the lowest rates of digital competence of adolescents. Comparing to other countries, Russian adolescents were more likely to report negative experiences online (49,6% versus an average European frequency of 32,4%), as well as experience of information about ways of causing physical harm to themselves and content that promotes excessive weight loss. As in other European countries, about 50% of Russian adolescents have seen sexual images online and met online acquaintances in person during the past year. <br><strong>Conclusions</strong>. A significant part of the socialization of modern adolescents takes place online and depends on their activities, opportunities and risks on the Internet. Relevant tasks for Russian adolescents are the development of digital competence, as well as the prevention of the most frequent online risks and learning to cope with them.</p>","PeriodicalId":54079,"journal":{"name":"Social Psychology and Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136112576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Relationship between the Ability to Empathy and Value-Semantic Orientation in Schoolchildren and Students","authors":"E.V. Anisimova, O.B. Krushelnitskaya","doi":"10.17759/sps.2023140305","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17759/sps.2023140305","url":null,"abstract":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Objective. </strong>To identify the relationship between value-semantic orientations and the ability to empathize among high school students and university students. <br><strong>Background. </strong>The ability to show empathy is an important factor in interpersonal and intergroup interaction. In the context of the total digitalization of society and the consequences of partial deprivation from direct interpersonal interaction during the pandemic years, schoolchildren and students tend to reduce empathy. Understanding the connections between empathic abilities and the value-semantic sphere of the personality is necessary for the development of adequate socio-psychological means of developing the skills of prosocial interaction among students. <br><strong>Study design. </strong>The relationship between value-semantic orientations and empathy abilities among high school students and first-year university students was studied, taking into account their integral intragroup status. The presence and nature of the relationship were checked using correlation, multiple regression and discriminant data analysis. <br><strong>Participants. </strong>Moscow secondary schools (88 (48%) girls and 96 (52%) boys) and 192 (51%) university students in Moscow (109 (57%) girls and 83 (43%) boys). The total sample was 376 people aged 16 to 19. <strong>Measurements. </strong>To study the value-semantic sphere of the respondents, the method &amp;ldquo;Value Orientations&amp;rdquo; by M. Rokeach, the test &amp;ldquo;Meaningful Orientations&amp;rdquo; by D.A. Leontiev. Empathy was analyzed using the Interpersonal Reactivity Index questionnaire (M. Davis, adapted by T.D. Karyagina, N.A. Budagovskaya, S.V. Dubrovskaya). To determine the intragroup integral status of the respondents, the proposed by M.Yu. Kondratiev methodological algorithm for determining the integral intra-group status of a member of the contact community. <br><strong>Results. </strong>Positive connections between the empathic ability indicators and the importance of prosocial values of students were revealed. In high school students the index of empathic personal distress is positively connected with the value of friendly relationships. The higher the students&amp;rsquo; locus of control &amp;ndash; self and locus of control &amp;ndash; life scores, the lower the empathic personality distress. Predictors of empathic abilities in high school and college students are developed sense-life orientations and personal values reflecting positive attitude toward people (&amp;ldquo;sensitivity&amp;rdquo;, &amp;ldquo;tolerance&amp;rdquo;, &amp;ldquo;happiness of others&amp;rdquo;, etc.). Personally oriented values (&amp;ldquo;pleasure&amp;rdquo;, &amp;ldquo;self-control&amp;rdquo; etc.) are blockers of empathy. Predictors of the division of students into status categories in high school students are &amp;ldquo;empathic empathy&amp;rdquo; and the values &amp;ldquo;sensitivity&am","PeriodicalId":54079,"journal":{"name":"Social Psychology and Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136114364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Age-Related Social Psychology: Traditions and Development","authors":"E.M. Dubovskaya","doi":"10.17759/sps.2023140301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17759/sps.2023140301","url":null,"abstract":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The special issue of the journal &amp;laquo;Social Psychology of Childhood, Adolescence and Adulthood&amp;raquo; focuses on such an area as age<strong>-</strong>related social psychology. The issue attempts to formulate the most important features of the social psychology of childhood and adolescence developmental stage, as well as to highlight the fundamental foundations that underlie it and to identify future perspectives.</p>","PeriodicalId":54079,"journal":{"name":"Social Psychology and Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136112451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ethno-Cultural Factors of Demand for Alternative Practices in the Field of Physical and Mental Health","authors":"N. A. Antonova, K. Eritsyan","doi":"10.17759/sps.2023140204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17759/sps.2023140204","url":null,"abstract":"Objective. Study aims to investigate the ethno-cultural factors of demand for alternative practices in the sphere of health and psychological well-being among Russian youth. Background. The decision to seek help is critical to the health and psychological well-being of the individual and society. Turning to non-conventional practices (psychic, paranormal, etc.) to solve problems in the field of both physical and mental health and psychological well-being can be associated with potential risks. Study design. Quantitative cross-sectional study of adolescents and youth in several Russian regions: Saint-Petersburg and Leningradskaya region, Irkutsk, Murmansk and Tomsk regions, Kamchatka and Krasnoyarsk regions, the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Data collection was carried out in the form of an online survey in November-December 2020. Participants. The study sample consisted of 1258 adolescents and young people aged 14 years and older, of which 671 are adolescents and young people who identify themselves as indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation. Young men constituted 33% of the sample, mean age – 22,1 years (min = 14, max = 35; SD = 6,26). Measurements. The several scales for assessing the help-seeking and related attitudes towards alternative practices, self-assessment of mental health (HBSC scale). Descriptive statistics, contingency tables to assess differences by ethnicity and gender and a logistic regression model predicting intention to future use of the services were calculated. Results. Young people's appeal to providers of alternative practices of help (magicians, fortune-tellers, psychics, etc.) has no ethno-cultural specifics. The youth of the indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East significantly more often than the youth of another ethnicity turn only to shamans, who are part of the unique spiritual culture of these ethnic groups but not to any other group of practitioners. Conclusions. Asking for help from different representatives of alternative assistance is interconnected, which may be the result of \"teenager experimentation\" in different areas of life, or openness to new experience, including in relation to the search for different types of help. The second important factor of use of alternative services is the distrust of official medicine, which motivates people to use alternative types of health care (turning to shamans, fortune tellers, magicians, sorcerers, etc.).","PeriodicalId":54079,"journal":{"name":"Social Psychology and Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139360865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Subjective Well-being Policy: Case Studies and Its Relevance in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia","authors":"S. Aripin, A.C. Pierewan, S.S. Susanti, I.P.P. Salmon","doi":"10.17759/sps.2023140210","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17759/sps.2023140210","url":null,"abstract":"Objective. This study aims to examine the implementation and optimization of subjective well-being as a constituent of policymaking. Background. Subjective well-being, frequently considered in policymaking, has not been widely used and optimally implemented in Indonesia. Most of the policymaking processes only consider economic indicators and ignore immaterial aspects. Study design. This study employed a qualitative and case study approach. It involves the Statistics Indonesia and the Provincial Government of the Special Region of Yogyakarta as the data collection bases. In addition, it investigated the policy implementation and the factual application of subjective well-being.Measurements. The researchers collected the data through interviews, documentation, and focus group discussion. All the data were validated through triangulation. Result. The issue of happiness is rarely highlighted in policymaking. In fact, happiness is a component that is able to meet the psychological and spiritual needs of society. At the same time, this is supported by the existence of a GDP indicator that does not really represent the welfare of a region, and even is able to control people's satisfaction through policymaking. The Special Region of Yogyakarta is one of the areas that is suitable for pilots in implementing the issue of happiness in policymaking, although in practice there are still variables that are not in line with the planning process document. This pilot pays attention to immaterial supporting elements such as policymaker agreements, social inclusivity, cultural capital, and social capital. The Special Region of Yogyakarta, which has also implemented considerations on the issue of happiness, has shown positive significance in the aspects of people's lives. Conclusions. This study concludes that the variables on the happiness index are not affiliated with several planning documents in the Province of the Special Region of Yogyakarta. Therefore, studies regarding the happiness aspect, for example, welcoming inclusiveness in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, are essential. In addition, the cultural aspect, especially the society’s acceptance of material aspects (life satisfaction), has contributed to the establishment of subjective well-being in the province. This study recommends further study of obstacles in applying the happiness index and subjective well-being in policy formulation.","PeriodicalId":54079,"journal":{"name":"Social Psychology and Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139360867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Conference in Memory of M.Yu. Kondratiev: Social-Psychological Reflection of Actual Society’ Problems","authors":"G. K. Esina","doi":"10.17759/sps.2023140213","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17759/sps.2023140213","url":null,"abstract":"The article presents a report on the work of the Annual VIII International Scientific and Practical Conference in memory of M.Yu. Kondratiev “Social Psychology: Issues of Theory and Practice”, held on May 11-12, 2023 at Moscow State University of Psychology & Education. The main directions, events and results of the scientific forum with the participation of specialists in various fields of social psychology are reflected. The importance of the exchange of theoretical and practical experience of researchers from different scientific schools for solving topical socio-psychological problems of education and upbringing at different stages of personality development is noted.","PeriodicalId":54079,"journal":{"name":"Social Psychology and Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139361102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Comparative Empirical Analysis of the Russian and Buryat Youth Resilience","authors":"A. Makhnach, N. Saraeva, S.B. Dagbaeva, A.I. Laktionova, Yulia V. Postylyakova, A.A. Suhanov","doi":"10.17759/sps.2023140205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17759/sps.2023140205","url":null,"abstract":"Objective. Identification of the possible, conditioned by the ethnocultural peculiarities of the way of living differences in the indicators of resilience, in the connections, in the significance of its components and the factors in the representatives of Russian and Buryat youth (from 15 to 24 years). Background. The increase in social and economic tensions and the challenges of modern social life make for increased demands on human resilience. Psychological science is aware of the request for an analysis of phenomenology and the essence of resilience in its various aspects. One such angle is ethnocultural variations in the resilience of people from different nationalities, in particular Russians and Buryats. It is important to determine the general and the ethno-specific components of resilience, factors of its support and the risk factors. Study design. There is studied the resilience indicators in the samples of Russian and Buryat respondents, by means of the cluster analysis has determined the structure of variables, their comparison is carried out. The correlations between the variables within each cluster are revealed, there were given a comparative assessment of these relationships, of resilience components significance, factors of support and the risk in each sample. Participants. Sample: 109 Russian students from the universities and 98 Buryat students from the universities and a college. The total sample is 207 people. Measurements. The diagnosis was carried out under the program “Resilient Youth in stressed environments” – “Zhiznesposobnaya molodezh' v stressovykh usloviyakh”, RYSE (Laktionova, Makhnach, 2008; Ungar, Hadfield, 2019), which includes 9 questionnaires named in the article, and a socio-demographic questionnaire. Results. The results of the study testify to the similarity of the level (it is high for most of the respondents in both samples), basic characteristics of resilience and its factors (their own forces, support of family and society). At the same time, the differences for all variables included in the protective factors were revealed. The indicators of resilience Buryat students are higher than in Russians. The differences are particularly clear appeared in indicators of contextually resilience primarily in assessments of the significance of religious faith, the attitudes to the culture and traditions of their people. There were found differences in the interrelations of variables: the indicator of victimization in Buryat respondents is positively associated only with the indicator of the \"Traumatic Symptoms\" scale, and in the Russian sample – with indicators of depression and positive childhood experiences. Negative correlations of this variable in the Russian sample are noted with the indicators of all resilience components and with the rate of the Perception of Neighbourhood. There are no significant negative correlations on this scale in the Buryat sample. Conclusions. Resilience has foundations, structure and ","PeriodicalId":54079,"journal":{"name":"Social Psychology and Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139360704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Experiencing the Future: Life Prospects for Pre-retirement Age People","authors":"T. Emelyanova, E.V. Vikentieva","doi":"10.17759/sps.2023140208","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17759/sps.2023140208","url":null,"abstract":"Objective. The study of the types of life prospects of people of pre-retirement age and a number of personal factors associated with it. Background. The relevance of the work is due to the importance of studying the phenomenon of life prospects in the context of a significant event – retirement. The complexity of his experience lies in the fact that it is perceived as inevitable, disturbing and, in this regard, requires mental development, construction of forecasts and plans. The study of the types of life prospects in their relationship with the key socio-psychological characteristics of pre-retirees, financial anxiety as a predictor of the emotional component of life prospects, allows us to identify a complex set of experiences of the upcoming retirement associated with anxiety, anxiety, and uncertainty in the future. Study design. To identify the types of respondents in terms of their life prospects using factor and cluster analysis, the sample was divided into 5 groups. Further, the identified groups were compared using the Kruskal-Wallis H-test and analyzed by comparing the averages with standard indicators for the levels of resilience and tolerance for uncertainty. In conclusion, using regression analysis, the nature of the relationship between the identified types of life prospects and financial anxiety was studied. Participants. The sample consisted of 300 people (42,3% – men, 57,7% – women) of the age group 45-55 years old, living in the territory of the Central Federal District of the Russian Federation. Measurements. A questionnaire aimed at studying the prospects for future retirement (authors T.P. Emelyanova and E.N. Vikentieva), a screening version of the S. Muddy hardiness test adapted by E.N. Belinskaya, \"Scale of Financial Anxiety of a Personality\" by P. Leahy in adaptation by T.V. Drobysheva and V.A. Sadova. Results. Five empirical types of respondents were identified according to their life prospects after retirement, which can be conditionally divided into three groups: positive-minded (16,3% of the sample) – their ideas about the future in retirement are distinguished by self-confidence, optimism, readiness to overcome difficulties; negatively inclined (41,1% of the sample) – the prospect of a pension is associated with a feeling of uselessness, despair, lack of faith in outside help, in plans to cut costs, save money; neutral-minded (42,6% of the sample) – they hope for support from the state and relatives (26,6% of them), the emotional background is neutral, some of the respondents in this group (16%) have an unwillingness to think about the future. An analysis of indicators of resilience and tolerance for uncertainty revealed their relationship with the characteristics of life prospects. It was found that a reduced level of hardiness, together with intolerance to uncertainty, creates the basis for the perception of the prospect of life in retirement as hopeless, independent of one's own efforts for many pre-pensioners. The","PeriodicalId":54079,"journal":{"name":"Social Psychology and Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139360681","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Loneliness and Social Support as Characteristics of Social Health and Factors of Social Media Addiction among Adolescents","authors":"Корниенко Д.С Фгбну, «Психологический, Российской академии образования», Dmitry S. Kornienko, Natalia A. Rudnova, Tamara O. Gordeeva, Oleg A. Sychev, Vladimir A. Egorov, Aleksander N. Veraksa","doi":"10.17759/sps.2023140203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17759/sps.2023140203","url":null,"abstract":"Objective. The goal of the study was to look at how different levels of social health (loneliness and social support) show up in different ways in terms of how dependent people are on their social networks.Background. Loneliness and social support are considered as indicators of a teenager's social health, characterizing the inner experience of isolation from others and the breadth of the circle of contacts that a teenager can turn to for help. Previously, the question of their relationship in the context of their dependence on social networks was not considered. Study design. The current study examined the differences in social media addiction, motive, and formal characteristics of social media use among groups of adolescents with different levels of social health (loneliness and social support). Participants. The study sample was made up of 6405 13–18-year-olds (M = 15, SD = 1,46), 42,2% of them male, who went to school in Yakutsk, which is in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Measurements. The following methods were used: the three-point Loneliness Scale, the Social Support Scale, and the Bergen Social Network Addiction Scale. The motives for using social networks and the formal characteristics of their use were identified. Results. Teenagers were put into groups based on how lonely they were and how much social support they had. These groups show that dependence on social networks shows up in various ways. The groups with different levels of loneliness and social support can be identified by the reasons they use social networks and the way they work (how long they use them and how many friends they have). The use of social networks by adolescents with high levels of loneliness and low levels of social support leads to negative results and forms addiction due to the effects of compensation and diminution. Adolescents with low loneliness and high social support, on the other hand, demonstrate positive effects from the use of social networks. Conclusions. Among indicators of social health, low social support for an adolescent may lead to greater dependence on social networks. It was also found that dependence on social networks may be based not on direct communicative motives but on motives aimed at establishing and maintaining ties with a group united by common gaming interests.","PeriodicalId":54079,"journal":{"name":"Social Psychology and Society","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139361063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}