Abstract
We consider the issue of Internet-dependent behavior of students within the educational environment, characterize the psychological and pedagogical features of student youth and define the specifics of Internet addiction among students. We present the results of a diagnostic study of Internet addiction among students, conducted at the Derzhavin Tambov State University. Research methods: K. Young’s Internet Addiction Test; Generalized Problematic Internet Use Scale-3 (GPIUS-3) by A.A. Gerasimova and A. B. Kholmogorova; methods of diagnosing the level of subjective feelings of loneliness by D. Russell and M. Ferguson; methods of multifactorial personality research by R. Cattell, questionnaire by H. Eysenck “Self-Assessment of the Mental State of the Individual”. The personal characteristics of students with different degrees of Internet addicted behavior are determined. The results obtained in the course of empirical research may be used to develop a program of pedagogical prevention of Internet addicted behavior in students within the educational process at the university. The results of the study will allow us to develop and apply preventive measures of various directions: primary, secondary, or tertiary, including help in the preparation of complexes of preventive measures individually for each addict, taking into account his individual characteristics.
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