The relationship of information content and personality traits in adolescence and teen-age

Aim. To study the influence of information content on the formation of a young person’s personality in adolescence and adolescence, their safety. The article is devoted to the study of information and sanogenic security and Internet activity of younger generation. The authors emphasize that with ‘ teenagers’ total addiction to communicating in social networks and their exposure to some negative effects of the Internet (cognitive absorption, preference for real online communication, compulsive use, deviant activity, depressive or aggressive states, distance from loved ones), attention should be paid to the development of awareness to the perception of network content. At the same time, it is necessary to understand how the self-identification of young people occurs, their positive attitude towards themselves and others is formed, as well as to what extent their ability to overcome intrapersonal conflicts is formed.

Methodology. The article examines the relationship of indicators of individual psychological boys and girls with information and sanogenic safety, obtained and analyzed using the following empirical methods: questionnaire “Personality activity in a virtual social network” (E.I. Bogomolova); Chen’s Internet addiction scale (CIAS); questionnaire “Assessment of personal satisfaction in the need of security” (O.Y. Zotova); the method of subjective assessment of situational and personal anxiety by C.D. Spielberger and Y.L. Khanin; the personal questionnaire of Eysenck” (EPQ). Mathematical and statistical methods of processing the obtained data – primary statistics, comparison method (Mann-Whitney U criterion), correlation analysis (Kendall coefficient).

Results. The article presents the results of studying information and sanogenic safety of younger generation. The study revealed that male adolescents and male youths have fewer problems with time management compared to female adolescents and youths, but with high personal anxiety, the tendency to Internet addiction increases.

Research implications. The theoretical significance lies in the analysis of objective determinants of the influence of various environmental factors on the information and sanogenic security of the individual in adolescence and teen-age. The practical significance lies in the fact that the obtained results of the study of the information and sanogenic safety of the young generation, taking into account their psychological characteristics allows us to justify the complex of preventive measures that contribute to the normal development of a young person’s personality. The article describes the directions of preventive work with young people at risk who have a low level of resistance to information characterized as Internet risks.

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