Dipendenza da cellulare e relazioni virtuali: guida all’autoconsapevolezza in un gruppo di 4 adolescenti all’interno della Comunità Riabilitativa Psicosociale Co.S.Mi.Ca2

The main objective of this paper is to list and analyze the new emerging behavioral addictions, defining their characteristics and treatment hypotheses for the subsequent structuring of a group aimed at an adolescent audience relating to these and similar themes. The aim of the group is to improve awareness of important issues such as the functional use of smartphones and social networks in order to prevent risky behavior and unpleasant dangers. Emphasis is also placed on the importance of interpersonal relationships and on how they too have been modified and conditioned by the appearance of new technologies in a comparison between virtual relationships and real relationships aimed at highlighting peculiarities and characteristics in order to understand the objective of the relational change underway in modern society. Aware of the fact that it is a very new world and that studies in this regard are currently still few and in the process of being defined, we wanted to create a hypothesis of a therapeutic project as a form of prevention and support for adolescents starting from direct observation in a Psychosocial Rehabilitation Community. Thus the "Aperitivo Social" group was created, which, by dealing with important topics such as cyberbullying, online solicitation and mobile phone addiction, tried to raise awareness among four teenagers regarding the positive aspects and risks of the virtual world so as to encourage the development of a critical thinking mentality and a greater awareness with which to approach this new reality.