Relación entre el uso problemático de las TIC, el consumo de sustancias y su impacto en la salud mental en los estudiantes de primero y segundo año de bachillerato de tres instituciones: Fiscal, Fiscomisional y Particular de la Zona 7, distrito 11D01, circuito 11D01C16_17, en la ciudad de Loja-Ecuador

Abstract

The present research work entitled: Relationship between problematic use of ICT, substance use and its impact on mental health in the first and second year students of baccalaureate of three institutions: Fiscal, Fiscomisional and Particular of Zone 7, District 11D01, circuit 11D01C16_17, in the city of Loja-Ecuador. Its general objective is to analyze the distribution of substance use, ICT use and mental health indicators at the national level in first and second year high school students. The research design was descriptive and transversal exploratory, this work was carried out in the city of Loja-Ecuador. In this investigation, a battery of psychological instruments was used as data collection techniques, composed of 8 questionnaires that allow us to measure the problematic use of ICTs, substance use, social support level and their impact on mental health. In general terms we find that there is a relationship between access and use to ICTs and psychological development. There is no evidence of problematic use of ICT and drug