UA : У статті досліджується проблематика взаємозв'язку віртуального спілкування і
самотності. Наведено основні підходи до розуміння цього взаємозв'язку, зазначені деякі
психологічні механізми, пов'язані з його формуванням і розвитком. Виділяються фактори,
які визначають формування самотності як специфічного стану, що суб'єктивно
переживається особистістю на психоемоційному рівні.
RU : В статье исследуется проблематика взаимосвязи виртуального общения и
одиночества. Приведены основные подходы к пониманию этой взаимосвязи, указаны
некоторые психологические механизмы, связанные с его формированием и развитием.
Выделяются факторы, определяющие формирование одиночества как специфического
состояния, субъективно переживаемого личностью на психоэмоциональном уровне.
EN :This paper examines the relationship of virtual communication and loneliness. The basic
approaches to understanding this relationship indicated some psychological mechanisms related to
its formation and development. There are factors determining the formation of loneliness as a
specific condition that subjectively experienced person on the psycho–emotional level.
Internet communities offer the advantage of instant information exchange that is not
possible in a real–life community. This interaction allows people to engage in many activities from
their home. Users of online communities also have access to thousands of specific discussion
groups where they can form specialized relationships and access information in such categories as:
politics, technical assistance, social activities, health and recreational pleasures. Virtual
communities provide an ideal medium for these types of relationships because information can
easily be posted and response times can be very fast. Another benefit is that these types of
communities can give users a feeling of membership and belonging. Users can give and receive
support, and it is simple and cheap to use.
Weak social integration, social disorganization, the feeling of loneliness in the real world
are forced to seek individual psychological comfort in virtual reality. In modern society loneliness
acts as a universal and multifaceted problem that covers a wide range of social and psychological
processes and states, describing man's relationship with society and nature. It is no coincidence
some researchers point to the correlation problem of loneliness of the indicators of quality of life,
sense of life satisfaction, psycho–emotional burnout. The main reason for seeking to communicate
through social networks is the lack of communication saturation in real life, the possibility of
realization of personality traits, playing roles, experience emotions that are beyond frustrated
Internet.However, the fact that the virtual world will really help people overcome loneliness is a
fact of illusion. Escape in virtual reality — it does not solve the problem alone, but only a
temporary escape from it.
