Identificación del uso problemático del celular y la inflexibilidad psicológica en adolescentes de 15 a 17 años de la ciudad de Loja

Abstract

Abstract: The cell phone is now indispensable and it has been introduced into everyday activities andit ́s expanding the chances of communication but the use that people give to these devicesnowadays is worrying because it can cause psychological disturbances. So the present workwas developed with the objective to identifying the problematic use of cell phones and thepsychological inflexibility in adolescents between fifteen and seventeen years old in Loja city.The design was quantitative, exploratory, descriptive, correlational and cross-sectional and itwas worked with a sample of 89 adolescents. The instruments for these investigation were: asociodemographic questionnaire, Questionnaire for the use of information and communicationtechnologies (TIC) AD HOC, Mobile related experiences questionnaire (CERM) and the ActionII Acceptance Questionnaire. As results, it was found that 47.2% of 89 teens surveyed, theyhave occasional problems with cell phone use and it was found that 20.2% of 89 adolescents surveyed, they have frequently problems. It was not found psychological inflexibility. Finally, there are no a significant relationship between the two variables that I used in the investigation.