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«IZVESTIYA IRKUTSKOGO GOSUDARSTVENNOGO UNIVERSITETA». SERIYA «PSICHOLOGIYA»
«THE BULLETIN OF IRKUTSK STATE UNIVERSITY». SERIES «PSYCHOLOGY»
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List of issues > Series «Psychology». 2026. Vol 57

Structure of Social Perceptions of Activity in a Virtual Environment (the Case of Youth)

Author(s)

A. A. Sharov

Saratov State University, Saratov, Russian Federation

Abstract
The article presents the results of the study of young people’s social perceptions of activity in a virtual environment. The association test helped to reveal a structural nature of young people’s social perceptions of virtual activity including a core and periphery. The core consists of one association “communication”; the first zone of the periphery is also represented by one association “manipulation”; while the third zone is the largest and includes such associations as “anonymity”, “addiction”, “attention”, “fake”, “information”, “communication” and “content”. Based on the analysis of the representations obtained three components of the perceptions of virtual activity can be identified: social psychological, cyber-environmental, and individual psychological.
About the Authors
Sharov Alexey Alexandrovich, Candidate of Sciences (Psychology), Associate Professor of the Departments of Educational Psychology and Psychodiagnostics, Pedagogical Institute Saratov State University 83, Astrakhanskaya st., Saratov, 410012, e-mail: sha555@mail.ru
For citation
Sharov A. A. Structure of Social Perceptions of Activity in a Virtual Environment (The Case of Youth). The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Psychology, 2026, vol. 57, pp. 83-92. https://doi.org/10.26516/2304-1226.2026.57.83 (in Russian)
Keywords
activity, virtual environment, communication, manipulation, youth, core.
UDC
159.9:316.64
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2304-1226.2026.57.83
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