Socio-Psychological Characteristics of the Person Committing Fraud on the Internet

The relevance of the study is confirmed by the fact that extremism is one of the most dangerous phenomena in the security of the world community, which pose a threat to the whole society both with committed crimes and the destruction of generally recognized rules of morality, law and human values. We point out that in modern conditions the dissemination of extremist ideas is actively promoted by information and communication technologies, especially the Internet. It is emphasized that extremists have the opportunity not only to demonstrate their materials to a multimillion audience, but also to enter into discussions and uphold their ideas and views. The Internet is very promising for extremists. This study considers the benefits that the Internet provides in disseminating extremist information. We believe that the problem of the spread of extremist information on the Internet is especially perceptible to young people. Due to personal and psychological characteristics, this social group is very vulnerable, as they are easily imposed on the ideas and views of extremists. In the context of the active spread of extremism on the Internet, the regulatory framework for combating these crimes is extensively presented. We indicate some problems with the practical implementation of countering extremism on the Internet.

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Internet addiction and addiction to computer games in the work of Russian psychologists

Social Psychology and Society ◽

10.17759/sps.2020110103 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 27-54

Author(s):

N.V. Kochetkov

Keyword(s):

Internet Addiction ◽

Computer Games ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Empirical Studies ◽

Problem Area ◽

Value Orientations ◽

High Rate ◽

Psychological Characteristics ◽

The Internet ◽

Internet Users

Objectives. This literary review is devoted to domestic research in the field of psychology of Internet addiction and addiction to computer games. Background. The popularity of topics related to Internet technologies is explained by their novelty, great dynamism and poorly studied, which causes social anxiety, catalyzing the activity of scientists in this area. In addition, one can note the high rate of spread of cyberdictions, due to which some authors are in a hurry to call them a threat to society. The structure of the study. The article provides data on the criteria, diagnostic techniques, causes, programs for the prevention and rehabilitation of Internet addiction and computer games, gives psychological characteristics of addicts, and traces the current trends in research into this problem area. Conclusions. According to the results of domestic empirical studies, Internet users, Internet addicts and gamers have negative psychological characteristics. The Internet has a destructive influence on the person, which is manifested in the simplification of speech, isolationism, and Internet users have difficulties in communication, a tendency to negativity, inadequate self-esteem, etc. Internet addicts will be characterized by deviations in the intellectual, motivational spheres, interpersonal relationships, coping strategies, value orientations, and planning. Users who are addicted to computer games will be distinguished by inconsistency with social norms, an overestimation of their capabilities, an unformed form of self, and unmotivated actions. Currently, the grounds for highlighting the criteria for cyberdictions are being rethought, more and more publications are turning to the positive impact of the Internet and computer games, noting their resource potential.

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Psychological characteristics of information security of adolescents with deviant behavior

Psychology and Law ◽

10.17759/psylaw.2017070406 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 59-78

Author(s):

N.V. Bogdanovich ◽

A.V. Budykin

Keyword(s):

Information Security ◽

Deviant Behavior ◽

Personal Characteristics ◽

Internet Security ◽

Psychological Characteristics ◽

The Internet ◽

Educational Impact ◽

Normative Behavior ◽

Security Education ◽

First Time

The article adduces a research of psychological characteristics of information security of adolescents with deviant and normative behavior. 46 people from two Moscow schools were examined with a complex of four methods, one of which was the “Information Security Questionnaire" - is used for the first time. In addition, two experimental subgroups viewed videos about Internet security rules and then it was assessed how much it had influenced the responses of adolescents to spam mailing. A conclusion based on the obtained results was made, that adolescents with deviant behavior are less likely (in comparison with adolescents with normative behavior) to be exposed to negative information because of their personal characteristics and distrust of others. However, for the same reason, they are less susceptible to persuasive educational impact, including those related to information security on the Internet. Thus, it is teenagers with normative behavior who are the ones who need information security education, and the effectiveness of such education should be tested with various psychological methods.

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Study of the psychological characteristics of the personality of students with varying degrees of severity of Internet addiction

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202127310014 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 273 ◽

pp. 10014

Author(s):

Anna Kukulyar ◽

Anastasia Kolenova ◽

Oleg Butenko ◽

Vera Butenko

Keyword(s):

Internet Addiction ◽

Mental States ◽

Educational Process ◽

Social Adaptation ◽

Psychological Characteristics ◽

The Internet ◽

Self Assessment ◽

Pros And Cons ◽

Degrees Of Severity

Nowadays, the Internet has a serious impact on the human psyche, and this problem is only gaining momentum. During the COVID-19 pandemic, as part of a forced necessity, the whole world moved to the global information space. There are both pros and cons to such absolute digitalization. We, as psychologists, will be interested in the other side of the coin. On the basis of this, we conducted an empirical study dedicated to the study of the psychological characteristics of the personality of students with varying degrees of severity of Internet addiction. This article will present the results of a study involving 250 students from various universities in Russia. In the course of empirical research, we used the following methods: an author’s questionnaire to determine the amount and quality of time spent by respondents on the Internet; Diagnostics of the tendency to 13 types of addictions (G.V. Lozovaya); Test “Self-assessment of mental states” (G.Yu. Eysenck); Methodology “Diagnostics of typologies of psychological defense” (R. Plutchikas adapted by L.I. Wasserman, O.F. Eryshev, E.B. Klubova, etc.); Methodology for «Determining stress resistance and social adaptation» of Holmes and Rage; Kimberly Young «Internet Addiction Test». The results obtained in the course of the research can be used by practicing psychologists, psychotherapists, clinical psychologists when working with addicts and co-addicts. The presented results can be applied in the practice of the educational process as prevention of Internet addiction.

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Psychological Characteristics of Young People Involved in Religious and Cult Organizations via the Internet Space

Psychology and Law ◽

10.17759/psylaw.2020100313 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 189-210

Author(s):

O.I. Mironova

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Personal Characteristics ◽

Self Esteem ◽

Religious Studies ◽

Religious Organizations ◽

Psychological Characteristics ◽

The Internet ◽

Religious Groups ◽

Degree Of Protection ◽

Dependent Behavior

The results of an empirical study related to the problem of involving modern youth in religious and religious organizations through the Internet space are presented in the article. It is assumed in the hypothesis that the success of this process is largely due to the severity of certain personal characteristics in young people. 60 people acted as respondents, of which: 30 - not involved in religious and cult organizations and 30 - participants in closed religious groups on social networks, 17 men and 43 women aged 20-28 years, as well as 50 experts working in institutions dealing with religious studies and sectarianism, took part in the study. A specially developed author's questionnaire was used, as well as standardized methods. It was revealed that a young man involved in religious organizations aspires to people, to be a member of a social group, he is characterized by low self-esteem, a level of critical thinking, a degree of protection against manipulation, as well as a tendency to dependent behavior.

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Personality characteristics of victims of illegal attacks on the Internet

Psychology and Law ◽

10.17759/psylaw.2015050407 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

pp. 80-93

Author(s):

F.S. Safuanov ◽

N.V. Dokuchaeva

Keyword(s):

Control Level ◽

Personality Characteristics ◽

Psychological Characteristics ◽

The Internet ◽

Control Group ◽

Personality Questionnaire ◽

State Trait Anxiety Inventory ◽

Internet Users ◽

Personal Anxiety ◽

Different Levels

The article examines the personality characteristics of victims of illegal attacks on the Internet. We used methods as follow: 16 factors Cattell personality questionnaire, subjective control level, life-style index, Buss-Perry questionnaire, Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, a COPE inventory. 78 internet users were divided into two groups of 38 persons: the main group included people falling victim to illegal attacks on the Internet, the control group participants were not attacked on the internet. We identified specific aggregated symptoms of individual psychological characteristics of internet attack victims and show that victims of "non-forced" and "forced" offenses have different levels of situational and personal anxiety, aggression and locus of control.

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Psychological features of the interaction of students in information educational space

EUROPEAN HUMANITIES STUDIES: State and Society ◽

10.38014/ehs-ss.2014.1.16 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 170-180

Author(s):

Nina SUNGUROVA ◽

Nataliya KARABUSCHENKO

Keyword(s):

Information Technologies ◽

Educational Institution ◽

Educational Process ◽

Virtual Space ◽

Psychological Characteristics ◽

Educational Activity ◽

The Internet ◽

Network Interaction ◽

Special Information ◽

Psychological Features

The problem of psychological features of the interaction between students in the information educational environment is analyzed in this article. Information technologies are considered as special qualitatively new means of a mediation of educational activity. Authors allocate positive and negative sides of realization of the learning process which uses information computer technologies. Information technologies create essentially new opportunities for the organization of educational process, promote the formation of special information environment in an educational institution, intensify communicative communications of subjects of the educational process, supplement direct communication by the mediated interaction by means of the Internet. The purpose of the empirical study reveals psychological characteristics of student personality in network interaction, the variability of behavior in the virtual space, attitude toward the Internet.

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ПСИХОЛОГИЧЕСКИЕ АСПЕКТЫ ВОСПИТАНИЯ В ПЕДАГОГИЧЕСКОЙ ПСИХОЛОГИИ

Vestnik Bishkek Humanities University ◽

10.35254/bhu.2019.49.4 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 70-73

Author(s):

Джеенбекова Зарина

Keyword(s):

Emotional Support ◽

Psychological Characteristics ◽

The Internet ◽

Emotional Communication ◽

Psychological Mechanisms ◽

Child Personality

Аннотация: Психологической сущностью процесса воспитания является понимание и учет психологических механизмов формирования личности при взаимодействии воспитателя и воспитанника, изучение эффекта воспитательных воздействий в зависимости от различных индивидуально-психологических особенностей ребенка. Так, например функция эмоционального общения, которая заключается в эмпатии, эмоциональной поддержке видоизменилась во многих семьях в связи с тем, что самым важным конкурентом этому стал интернет и современные гаджеты - планшеты, смартфоны и т.д. Это касается и воспитательной функции. Родители не имеют существенных навыков воспитательного воздействия, и в их репертуар входит только два способа воспитания - наказание и поощрение. Причем поощрение выступает как «покупка авторитета». «Ребенок воспитывается на собственном опыте. Психологическая точка зрения требует признать, что в воспитательном процессе личный опыт ученика представляет из себя все». Ключевые слова: процесс, воспитание, ребенок, личность, социализация, детство, поведение, механизм, управление, индивид. Аnnotation: The psychological essence of the process of education is the under- standing and consideration of the psychological mechanisms of the formation of personality in the interaction of the teacher of the pupil, the study of the effect of educational influences depending on the various individual psychological characteristics of the child. For example, the function of emotional communication, which consists in empathy, emotional support, has changed in many families due to the fact that the Internet and modern gadgets such as tablets, smartphones, etc. have become the most important competitor. This also applies to educational functions. Parents do not have significant educational skills, and their repertoire includes only two methods of education - punishment and encouragement. Moreover, the promotion acts as a "purchase of authority." Keywords: process, upbringing, child, personality, socialization, childhood, behav- ior, mechanism, management, individual.

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Psychological features of communicative personality behavior in the Internet space

SHS Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/shsconf/20197008027 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 70 ◽

pp. 08027

Author(s):

Irina Luchinkina ◽

Wen Guanxu

Keyword(s):

Psychological Factors ◽

Cognitive Distortions ◽

Cognitive Distortion ◽

Psychological Characteristics ◽

The Internet ◽

Communicative Behavior ◽

Destructive Behavior ◽

Online Activities ◽

Affective Components ◽

Psychological Features

The article determines that belonging to one type or another of a person’s communicative behavior in the Internet space is determined by a specific ratio of psychological factors namely: a combination of cognitive, motivational, affective components of a person’s communicative behavior in the Internet space and the level of constructive-destructive behavior. The author proposes a typology of communicative behavior of a person depending on the type of cognitive distortion: destructive types of communicative behavior of a person in the Internet are based on cognitive distortions such as depreciation of the positive, mental filter, overgeneralization, dichotomous thinking, and catastrophization. The psychological characteristics of users conducting provocative activities on the network are investigated; prone to provocative online activities; ascribing to themselves the conduct of provocative activities in the network; not leading provocative online activities.

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