Relación entre el uso problemático de las TIC, el consumo de sustancias y su impacto en la salud mental en estudiantes de bachillerato de Ecuador

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Abstract: The present research called Relationship between the problematic use of ICT, substances use and its impact on mental health in high school students in Ecuador, aimed to analyze the distribution of these indicators in students at first and second year of high school, the data were collected from 161 students between 14 to 17 years. It was performed an exploratory, descriptive, transversal study, applying a battery of 8 questionnaires. The results suggest that the most of students do not have a tendency to problematic use of substances, that even though everyone connects to social networks via computer and cell phone and they do it every day, there is not a problematic use of ICT in the sample investigated. It was found an inverse relationship between these two variables and indicators of mental health in adolescents of both genders. It was also found that social support and positive personality characteristics influence positively in the mental health of adolescents.