Psychological Assessment of Addictive Socialization

The socio-psychological processes of personality development and socialisation have been widely studied in various psychological studies. The problem of socialisation is the focus of attention of psychologists, both from the perspective of the age and psychophysiological development of a person, as well as from the perspective of the person’s communication skills and the assimilation of social norms and values in society. However, in the psychological discipline, the interest of specialists in the negative transformations and destructive manifestations of cognitive, behavioural, and emotional components that occur during a person’s socialisation is increasing. The growing interest in the problem in the psychological discipline is perhaps due to the need to study various socio-psychological processes occurring at both the personal and societal levels. In the context of the rapid development of modern societies, numerous destructive phenomena emerge that pose a threat to a person’s mental health and distort their consciousness and perceptions. It is no coincidence that modern psychological science pays special attention to the study of the problems of the formation and development of addictive behavioural models of a person. Now we can talk about the addictive form of socialisation, when a person assimilates social values and social norms, which are perceived with specific distortions, as a result of which addictive behavioural models and strategies are deepened and strengthened, which harms the processes of self-expression and self-realisation of a person. Taking into account the relevance and importance of the problem, we have carried out an analysis of the theoretical and methodological foundations of the psychological assessment of addictive socialisation. Various psychological approaches have been studied, which interpret the essence and features of addictive socialisation in their own way. As a result of the research, the author presents their methodology for the psychological assessment of addictive socialisation, which aims to shed new light on the phenomenon of personal socialisation in modern society, providing a basis for the practical application of the addictive socialisation methodology.