The impact of verbal intelligence and personal psychological singularities on the conflict behaviour of Internet forum users

Astrakhantseva Iuliia Lvovna, Varnin Andrey Vyacheslavovich, Glavatskikh Marianna Mikhailovna

The increase of conflicts in virtual environment and it’s negative impact on personality has been noted by many authors. The aim of the study was to identify and analyze the psychological determinants of the types of reaction in the conflict of participants in Internet forums, namely, their psychological characteristics of personality and verbal intelligence. Research methods. To solve the tasks given, multiple regression analysis was applied with a step-by-step inclusion of the tested psychological indicators of personality and verbal intelligence of forum participants as variables of the regression model. Results. This study has proved the influence of Machiavellianism, general awareness on the subject and the ability to draw analogies with the ability to form complex intellectual models, which are necessary for making a constructive decision in a conflict. Conclusion. The results of this study make it possible to expand theoretical and empirical ideas about the state of psychological determinants of virtual communication.

Keywords:verbal intelligence, internet forum, conflict, virtual communication.