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P0065 - Identity management to computer users: A preliminary study on Romanian teenagers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

C. Stefanescu
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, The University of Medicine “Gr. T. Popa”, Iasi, Romania
R. Chirita
Affiliation:
University Hospital of Socola Iasi and The University of Medicine “Gr. T. Popa”, Iasi, Romania Department of Psychiatry, The University of Medicine “Gr. T. Popa”, Iasi, Romania
V. Chirita
Affiliation:
University Hospital of Socola Iasi and The University of Medicine “Gr. T. Popa”, Iasi, Romania Department of Psychiatry, The University of Medicine “Gr. T. Popa”, Iasi, Romania
G. Chele
Affiliation:
University Hospital of Socola Iasi and The University of Medicine “Gr. T. Popa”, Iasi, Romania

Abstract

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Background:

The need for information about the effects of computers on their users also increases.

Methods:

All the students, aged between 15 to 18 years old, come from 7 high schools of Iasi, Romania. The studied group of samples comprised 350 teenagers who answered to a questionnaire comprising 36 questions related to computer activities. The authors examined the online construction of identity and sexuality at 350 teenagers, who had been involved in an online relationship and (a) the identification of a possible Internet addiction, (b) perceived realism of the Internet, and (c) construction of network identities.

Results:

The survey reveal that amount of time spent online for the Internet are positively related to more favorable perceptions of online relationships. We find approximately 3.5% of cases with possible pathological Internet use.

Conclusions:

Having an identity and having a network identity are different subjects.

Type
Poster Session III: Alcoholism And Addiction
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2008
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