Stres i radzenie sobie z nim a nadmierne zaangażowanie w Internet

Abstract

The present study investigated the extent to which strategies of coping with stress and perception of stress determine the extent of usage of the Internet measured with Young’s Internet Addiction Scale. Analysis were conducted on a data set of 249 students. Different groups of variables determine pathological Internet use in male and female population. In the first group the factors explaining a variation of the dependent variable were: behavioral disengagement and perception of a situation as a threat. In the female group 2 strategies of coping with stress explained dependent variable: using psychoactive substance and non-use of an active coping.