S obzirom na kontinuirani porast broja korisnika interneta, društvenih mreža i digitalne tehnologije, sve više svakodnevnih aktivnosti migrira u virtualni svijet. Jednako tako su se brojna istraživanja u psihologiji posvetila ispitivanju ponašanja osoba koje boluju od psihičkih poremećaja u virtualnom svijetu i međuodnosa korištenja interneta i tehnologije s razvojem psihičkih poremećaja. Cilj ovog istraživanja bio je opisati i usporediti obrasce opsesija i kompulzija u digitalnom i nedigitalnom okruženju te ispitati međuodnos korištenja tehnologije i interneta i opsesivno – kompulzivnog poremećaja u tri dobne skupine. Korištena je kvalitativna metoda dubinskih intervjua, s 9 sudionika, po troje u svakoj dobnoj skupini, od toga 7 žena i 2 muškarca. Dobiveni rezultati sugeriraju da se kod sudionika isključivo s opsesijama ne javlja projekcija u digitalno okružje, dok se ona kod sudionika s opsesijama i kompulzijama javlja i to pretežito u kompulzijama. Dodatno, internet i tehnologija značajno utječu na razvoj opsesivno – kompulzivnog poremećaja. Pritom većina sudionika izvještava o javljanju novih opsesija ili kompulzija, dio sudionika navodi kako se nisu javili novi obrasci OKP-a, no da poremećaj zahvaća značajno veći dio njihovog života, dok je najmanji udio sudionika naveo da su se javile kratkotrajne promjene koje se nisu dugoročno ugradile u opsesivno – kompulzivni poremećaj. Također, većina sudionika izvještava o značajnom utjecaju interneta i tehnologije na svakodnevni život. Ovakvi trendovi sugeriraju da se psihoterapijske intervencije trebaju usmjeriti i na digitalni aspekt opsesivno – kompulzivnog poremećaja.With the continuous growth in number of Internet, social media and technology users, more and more everyday activities migrate towards virtual world. Similarly, more researches in psychology are devoted to examining the behavior of people suffering from different psychological disorders in a digital world and correlation between internet and technology usage and the development of psychological disorders. The aim of this research was to describe and compare the patterns of obsessions and compulsions in digital and non-digital setting and to examine the correlation of technology and internet usage and obsessive – compulsive disorder in three age groups. Qualitative method used was the semi-structured interview, with 9 participants, three in each age group, 7 women and 2 men. The results suggest that participants with obsessions only don't project them into digital setting, while participants with both obsessions and compulsions project mainly compulsions. Additionally, the research shows that internet has a significant influence on the development of obsessive – compulsive disorder. Most of the participants report developing new obsessions or compulsions, part of them report that they haven't developed new OCD patterns, but that the disorder affects a significant part of their life, while the least participants report that they've experienced short-term changes which haven't had a long-term impact on their obsessive – compulsive disorder. Most of the participants also report that internet has a significant influence on their everyday life. These trends suggest that psychotherapeutic interventions should also consider the digital aspect of obsessive – compulsive disorder
