The research is devoted to the empirical study of the actual problem of psychological predictors of Internet-dependent behavior of adolescents. Our study involved 60 adolescents aged 10 to 15 years with different levels of Internet-addicted behavior. Based on the results of the empirical study, a number of conclusions and generalizations were made: The average age of first active use of the Internet is 11 years. At the same time, by the age of 14, more than half of schoolchildren cannot imagine their life without the Internet. Adolescents with a pronounced level of Internet addiction often experience an increased level of anxiety and may exhibit aggressive behavior in everyday life, while they have somewhat underestimated ideas about their capabilities and, depending on the level of Internet addiction, adolescents differ in the level of self-confidence. Teens with high levels of Internet addiction are also more likely to experience feelings of subjective loneliness. Based on the conducted psychodiagnostic research, as well as statistical data processing, it can be concluded that an adolescent's increased anxiety and aggressiveness, as well as a low level of self-confidence and a subjective feeling of loneliness, can act as predictors of Internet addiction.

Predictors of Internet addictive behavior in adolescents