Relación entre la adicción a videojuegos y el afrontamiento en adolescentes

Abstract

Abstract: Currently, the use of video games has increased due to the COVID-19 pandemic, for this reason, it is important that adolescents, the age group most likely to use these devices, identify the coping strategies that use, which can be a protective factor that avoid an addiction to these games. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between video game addiction and coping in Ecuadorian adolescents. This research was descriptive, correlational, with a non-experimental and transactional design. The sample was accidental, and consisted of 330 adolescents. To measure the video game addiction variable, the Internet game addiction scale (IGD-20) was applied, while to measure coping, the coping flexibility scale (CFS-10) was employed. The data analysis was carried out considering the measures of central tendency and Pearson's correlation coefficient. The results indicate that there is low addiction to video games with a mean of 48.52 and a coping of 17.29, which may be considered medium. It was evidenced that there is a negative, low, and statistically significant relationship between the variables studied.