Relación entre el uso problemático de las TIC, el consumo de sustancias y su impacto en la salud mental en estudiantes de bachillerato de la zona 9 distrito 17D05 circuito C05_07_08_13; distrito 17D05 circuito 6, distrito 17D03 circuito 3 y en la zona 1 distrito 10D01 circuito C06_08_10 del Ecuador 2016 /

Abstract

The present study describes the use of ICTs and their relation to mental health in a sample of 212 students (91 women and 121 men) aged 14 to 17 years, who study first and second Years of high school in three types of educational units in zones 9 and 1 of the MEC: fiscal, fiscomisional and private, from the cities of Quito and Ibarra, Ecuador, to which an instrument of eight questionnaires was applied, in order to evaluate the Correlation between the use of ICTs, substance use and mental health indicators. The data collected indicate that there is no problematic substance use in the sample investigated; however, in the use of ICTs, excessive use of time spent playing video games and connecting to social networks was found, which can result in a Risk factor for adolescents. It was also found that social support and positive personality traits are relevant indicators of mental health.