Factors of development of dependence on virtual environment

Authors

  • Tatiana V. Shershniova Belarusian National Technical University, Nezavisimosti avenue, 65, 220013, Minsk, Belarus
  • Igor I. Drozdov Belarusian State University, International Sakharov Environmental Institute Dolgobrodskaya street, 23/1, 220070, Minsk, Belarus

Keywords:

dependence, virtual reality, development factors

Abstract

This article reviews the problem of dependence on virtual reality. The last two decades are due to a fairly rapid growth in the development of virtual technologies, which made a new type of dependence – dependence on virtual reality. The main factors of virtual addiction emergence were shown and analyzed. Also, the main socio-psychological signs that can be represented as factors of the occurrence of addictive behavior were analyzed and disclosed. Finally,we have made a comparison between the dependence on virtual reality and the dependence on psychoactive substances.

Author Biographies

  • Tatiana V. Shershniova, Belarusian National Technical University, Nezavisimosti avenue, 65, 220013, Minsk, Belarus

    PhD (psychology), associate professor; head of the department of psychology

  • Igor I. Drozdov, Belarusian State University, International Sakharov Environmental Institute Dolgobrodskaya street, 23/1, 220070, Minsk, Belarus

    master's degree student of the chair of environmental medicine and radiobiology

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Published

2018-03-18

Issue

No. 3 (2017): Journal of the Belarusian State University. Ecology

Section

Social and Environmental Problems of Sustainable Development

How to Cite

[1]
Shershniova, T.V. and Drozdov, I.I. 2018. Factors of development of dependence on virtual environment. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Ecology. 3 (Mar. 2018), 20–30.