Teenage Friendship in the Digital Era: Problem Statement
https://doi.org/10.18384/3033-6414-2025-4-113-121
Abstract
Aim. To theoretically analyze foreign and domestic psychological and pedagogical literature on the problem of interpersonal relationships and friendship in the digital era.
Methodology. The article analyzes studies on the leading activities of adolescents, the role of friendship in modern adolescents as a factor of positive socialization, the relationship between friendship and personality traits of adolescents, new social phenomena (Net-friendship, virtual identity, the phenomenon of social networks on the Internet, etc.), and the features of online friendship as a tool for socialization.
Results. Conclusions are drawn about the need to investigate the relationship between adolescent friendship and their experience of participating in cyberbullying, adolescent friendship as a protective factor of involvement in digital self-harm, and to develop preventive programs aimed at forming deep, emotionally intense friendships.
Research implications. Potential of adolescent friendship and the need to study the impact of friendship on the socialization and psychological well-being of modern adolescents are revealed.
About the Author
G. V. Sorokoumova
Linguistics University of Nizhny Novgorod
Россия
Россия
Galina V. Sorokoumova (Nizhny Novgorod) – Dr. Sci. (Psychology), Prof., Department of Foreign Language Teaching Methods, Pedagogy, and Psychology
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