Developing an educational model of digital socialization to prevent internet addiction among university students in Kazakhstan

Saule Sadykova
IntroductionThe rapid digitalization of higher education has intensified students' online engagement and heightened concerns about problematic internet use as both an educational and psychosocial issue. This challenge is particularly salient in Kazakhstan, where digital learning environments are expanding rapidly, yet empirically grounded, pedagogically oriented preventive models remain scarce. Against this background, the present study aimed to develop and evaluate an educational model of digit