Prerequisites for the formation of addictive behaviors: existential-phenomenological analysis

Abstract

Рurposeof this research is to identify the prerequisites for the formation of addictive behaviors.The author fulfill a theoretical analysis within the existential-phenomenolo-gical paradigm. The main categories in the analysis were the existentials of human existence. The results and novelty of the research are the following theses: the pattern of avoidance of existential anxiety and the phenomenon of mental dependency play a significant role in the formation of addictions; a direct prerequisite for the formation of addictions is the pattern of surrogate satisfaction of fundamental needs; the third position in favor of the novelty of the research — introduction to fundamental needs analysis, the frustration of which as one of the links is enclosed in a vicious circle of causes and effects. The sphere of application of the research results is the preventive social and psychological activity of specialists in educational institutions. Understanding the nature of addictive behavior can be the basis for developing a system of preventive and therapeutic measures. The problem of addiction requires solutions based on the results of interdisciplinary research, as it covers the biological, social and spiritual level of human existence.