Relación entre el uso problemático de las TIC, el consumo de sustancias y su impacto en la salud mental en estudiantes de los colegios 17D05C09_12, 17D05C05_07_08_13, 17D03C18_19 de la zona 9 del Ecuador

Abstract

The present research, titled "Relationship between problematic use of ICT, substance use and its impact on mental health in students of the 17D05C09_12, 17D05C05_07_08_13, 17D03C18_19 high schools of the 9 zone of Ecuador", has been designed with the objective of finding the relationship that exists between substance use, the use of ICTs and mental health indicators in high school students from three schools located in the northern of Quito. To this end, a battery was designed with eight measurement instruments to determine sociodemographic variables, the use of ICTs, substance use, mental health indicators and perceived social support. Three educational establishments of the country were analyzed: a state, a fiscomisional and a private high school, giving a total of 163 students evaluated. The results show that there is no difference between the three educational establishments analyzed, and that there is a close relationship between good mental health, low risk of some type of addiction, and social support