Internet Addiction among Youths of Uzbekistan

The paper argues the need to monitor the phenomenon of Internet addiction among young people. The author proposes using Kimberley Young's method, and recalculates this psychological scale. The Internet-addiction risk group consists of young males, mostly in the age span from 16 to 20 years. More than 80% of the respondents access the Internet every day, which is associated with the proliferation of various kinds of gadgets. Young people are aware that the growth of Internet addiction is a problem, which indicates their readiness to jointly counteract against such a threat.