Uso problemático del celular y su relación con el estrés, en jóvenes universitarios de 18 a 25 años de la ciudad de Loja

Abstract

Abstract:Cell phone use is a normalized event among youths, there are seemingly harmless habits that under certain circumstances can become addictive and become in what is named as the "problematic cell phone use", due to this context, the present research hasas purpose evaluate the relationship between problematic cell phone use and stress in a sample of 201 university students from 18 to 25 in the city of Loja, the methodology used was descriptive, correlational and transversal, using a sociodemographic ad hoc survey, the Questionnaire on mobile-related experiences (CERM) and the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-14), the following results were obtained: 42% present occasional problems of cell phone use and 15% frequent problems, it was found that 31.8% perceive stress, and a statistically significant positive relationship was obtained with a weak correlation strength of 0.214; it is concluded that there is a significant positive correlation between the variables, suggesting that prolonged cell phone use is associated with increased stress in university students.