Relación entre el uso problemático de las Tecnologías Informáticas y de Comunicación (TIC), el consumo de sustancias y su impacto en la salud mental en estudiantes de primer y segundo año de bachillerato de tres colegios de la zona 6, distrito 01D02, circuitos 10 y 12 en la ciudad de Cuenca – Ecuador

Abstract

The present research is an exploratory and descriptive study, which analyzes the distribution of substance use, the use of ICT and mental health indicators in a sample of 152 adolescents aged 14 - 17 years, using accidental non - probabilistic random sampling. The main technique was the survey using a battery with several instruments to measure use of ICT, substances, social support and psychological characteristics. The main results are: 98% of adolescents are connected to social networks, the starting range is 10 to 14 years of age; The control of parents is low: fiscal 52%, fiscomisional 37%, particular 30%. 95% of adolescents say they have not consumed substances, although 42% say they consume alcohol once or twice a month. It is concluded that there is a significant percentage of adolescents connecting to social networks on weekdays an average of 10 hours: fiscal: 8%, fiscomisional: 15.4% and private: 26%; And during holidays and weekends, 12 hours or more: tax: 16%, fiscomisional: 17.3%, and particularly 28%, who would be developing symptoms of addiction to ICT