Relación entre el uso problemático de las tic, el consumo de sustancias y su impacto en la salud mental en estudiantes de la ciudad de Guayaquil distrito zonal 8 distrito 09d05 – circuito 09d05c01_04, distrito 09d04 - circuito 09d04c05 y distrito 09d06 - circuito 09d06c03_04

Abstract

This thesis project seeks to establish the relationship between problematic and excessive use of information technologies with the abuse of drugs to determine the impact on the mental health of 150 students of first and second year of high school from three educational centers: one fiscal, the other fiscomisional and a particular establishment. The research has cutting descriptive and correlational, using as instruments: the survey, analysis of documents and the application of several tests psychological, which facilitated the determination of the consumption of drugs, addictive behavior towards video games, cell phone and social networks, social support, to establish the mental health of high school students from the three educational center. Among the most outstanding results, it was found that there is a high rate of addictive behavior towards the cellular, social networking in addition to the excessive use of video games, however, shows that there is a low percentage of adolescent drug users. In relation to social support, young people are emotionally stable, although a minority said that they feel irritable, moody, and lose concentration easily