Association addictive behavior to social networks high school students: A study in Mexico

Abstract

Introduction:AddictivebehaviortoSocialNetworking Sites (SNS) has increased significantly in recent decades,whosepsychologicalconsequenceshavebeen the appearance of symptoms similar to any addictive process and also affects considerably in adolescence. Objective: Analyze the presence of habits of use in virtual social networks to identify diagnostic criteria that suggest the development of addictive behavior in adolescents. Methods: The participants of this study were 271 high school students, the instrument Scale of risk of addiction-adolescent was applied to social networks and the Internet: reliability and validity (ERA -RSI), α = 0.90. A design non-experimental, cross-sectional, and correlational, Spearman’s statistical test was used. Results: It was found that there is a relationship in the use of chat with the number of hours that connect to social networks P = 0.001); Likewise, it was found that there is a relationship between the duration in hours of connection to virtual social networks and being furious if the cell phone was taken away (P = 0.001). Conclusions: Suggested that there are intervention proposals to attend to students who present the problem of addictive behavior. New research is proposed on addictive behavior in responsible use and more in this time of the pandemic.