02. Popov P.M., Rezer Т.М. Prevention of Technology Addiction: Domestic Experience and Foreign Initiatives

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DOI: 10.15507/1991-9468.113.027.202304.574-590

Prevention of Technology Addiction: Domestic Experience and Foreign Initiatives

Pavel M. Popov
PhD Student and Assistant Professor of the Chair of Theory, Methodology and Legal Support of State and Municipal Administration, Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin (19 Mira St., Yekaterinburg 620002, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2363-7092, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Tatiana M. Rezer
Dr.Sci. (Ped.), Professor, Professor of the Chair of Theory, Methodology and Legal Support of State and Municipal Administration, Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin (19 Mira St., Yekaterinburg 620002, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4793-9918, Scopus ID: 57215964054, Researcher ID: R-1801-2016,, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Abstract
Introduction. The article presents the findings after the analysis of domestic and foreign practice in the field of prevention of cyberaddictive patterns of behavior. The purpose of the study: by means of comparative analysis of domestic and foreign studies of technological addiction, to develop a classification of preventive measures against technological addiction in modern humans and to determine the main forms of technological addiction and its characteristics.
Materials and Methods. The research methodology is based on the theory of biosocial human development using systemic and socio-digital approaches to the study of the problem of technological addiction. With the help of comparative and theoretical methods of analysis, a classification of the prevention of technological addiction in humans has been developed and the main characteristics of the forms of technological addiction have been determined. Legal acts for determining the directions of state policy in Russia as preventive measures are studied.
Results. The concept of “technological addiction” has been clarified. The classification of forms of technological addiction of modern man is carried out. The main characteristics of each form of technological addiction are determined. The approaches applied to the prevention of technological addiction in the foreign practice are highlighted: inaction, encouragement and dissemination of research in the field of prevention of forms of technological addiction, education, support for families and public organizations. In Russia, the directions of state policy in the field of prevention of technological addictions represent the purposeful activity of public authorities and a system of measures of a regulatory, economic, informational, educational, organizational, managerial and other preventive nature.
Discussion and Conclusion. The obtained results contribute to the research base for the prevention of technological addiction, determine the definition of promising preventive approaches. The results of the analysis show cultural differences in the level of spread of technological forms of addiction, which requires further study.

Keywords: technological addiction, Internet addiction, cyberaddiction, the practice of studying technological addiction, prevention of technological addiction, forms of technological addiction and their characteristics, approaches to solving the problem of prevention of technological addiction

Acknowledgements: Authors are acknowledging the management of the Institute of Economics and Management of the Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin for supporting the study. We would like to acknowledge reviewers for their help, whose comments helped to improve the structure and content of the article.

Conflict of interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

For citation: Popov P.M., Rezer Т.М. Prevention of Technology Addiction: Domestic Experience and Foreign Initiatives. Integration of Education. 2023;27(4):574–590. https://doi.org/10.15507/1991-9468.113.027.202304.574-590

All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.

Submitted 17.07.2023;
revised 11.10.2023;
accepted 17.10.2023.

Authors’ contribution
P. M. Popov – analysis of theoretical material; analysis of empirical materials; work on bibliography.
T. M. Rezer – development of the research concept; research methodology; formulation of conclusions.

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