ebrahim mohammadi; hassan Khosh Akhlagh; elahe jalali
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the psychological-cultural and social problems of addiction to virtual networks and the Internet on marital relationships of couples in Isfahan. that were selected by purposive sampling. The research tool was a semi-structured interview that was saturated during ...
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The aim of this study was to investigate the psychological-cultural and social problems of addiction to virtual networks and the Internet on marital relationships of couples in Isfahan. that were selected by purposive sampling. The research tool was a semi-structured interview that was saturated during the work with 14 participants (seven pairs). Interviews were recorded, transcribed, and key phrases were coded and analyzed using the Colaizzi method. psychological-cultural and social problems related to virtual networks in two classes of psychological problems (including two categories of behavioral problems and emotional-cognitive problems) and socio-cultural class (including 3 categories of lifestyle change, cultural degeneration and change of religious values) it placed. The results showed that dependence on virtual networks and the Internet causes behavioral problems including the concepts of "aggression, procrastination and impulsivity", emotional-cognitive problems including "depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, lack of empathy and interpersonal sensitivity", the category of change in life style includes "Internet addiction, social isolation, fashionism, job and financial problems", cultural degeneration includes " separation of values and deindividuation cultural " and the category of changing religious values includes"faltering in moral and religious values and deviation from values . Therefore, it is suggested that the proper use of social networks as part of life skills and premarital education be considered by counselors, psychologists and couples therapists..
