Legal Aspect of Cyberaddiction Among Youth: Digital Risks and Peventive Measures

Objective: to substantiate the need for an integrative approach to legal and spiritual-moral education of young people under digitalization of society; to develop a scientifically based model for the prevention and correction of cyberaddictive be-havior by synthesizing legal, pedagogical and ethical components. Methods: the research uses a set of theoretical and empirical methods, includ-ing dialectical and systematic approaches, analysis and synthesis, modeling and forecasting. Comparative-legal and historical legal analysis was applied to study the evolution of legislation in the field of digital security. The authors conducted an in-terdisciplinary analysis of the achievements of computer science, sociology, psy-chology and pedagogy and used a system-structural approach to study the interac-tion of government structures, educational and civil society institutions. Results: the study revealed significant fragmentation of legislation and the ab-sence of federal digital hygiene programs, which hinders the formation of legal awareness among young people. The authors proposed a definition of cyberaddic-tive behavior as a complex personal and legal deviation affecting the basic behavior-al norms and indicating a crisis of the value system. They developed a conceptual model to form the “digital immunity” of youth, integrating legal regulation, educa-tional technologies, and psychological support. Key areas of improvement identified are the adoption of special legislative initiatives, the introduction of programs for the development of digital legal culture, and the creation of interdepartmental mecha-nisms for early diagnosis and correction of digital deviations. Scientific novelty: the work conceptualizes cyberaddiction as a multidimen-sional legal and value challenge of the digital generation. An interdisciplinary model of education was developed that takes into account the transformation of legal con-sciousness under digitalization. New definitions of key concepts were proposed, as well as a systematic approach to the prevention of pathological forms of digital be-havior. “Digital socialization” was conceptualized as a special area of legal educa-tion. Practical significance: the results obtained are applicable in educational pro-grams and standards; for developing the course “Fundamentals of digital legal cul-ture”; for training accredited specialists in cyberaddiction prevention; for creating in-terdepartmental digital hygiene programs at the national, departmental and educa-tional levels. The proposed measures contribute to the formation of critical thinking, digital literacy, self-regulation skills and resistance to manipulation in cyberspace among young people.