Social networks consumption and addiction in college students during the COVID-19 pandemic: educational approach to responsible use

Gómez Galán, José; Martínez López, José Ángel; Sarasola Sanchez-Serrano, José Luis; Lázaro Pérez, Cristina

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Social networks consumption and addiction in college students during the COVID-19 pandemic: educational approach to responsible use

dc.contributor.author	Gómez Galán, José
dc.contributor.author	Martínez López, José Ángel
dc.contributor.author	Sarasola Sanchez-Serrano, José Luis
dc.contributor.author	Lázaro Pérez, Cristina
dc.contributor.department	Trabajo Social
dc.contributor.department	Sociología y Política Social
dc.date.accessioned	2020-09-23T11:27:16Z
dc.date.available	2020-09-23T11:27:16Z
dc.date.issued	2020-09
dc.description.abstract	Within the framework of digital sustainability, the increase in Internet consumption, andespecially online social networks, oers social benefits, but is not without its drawbacks. For example,it can lead to psychological and/or psychiatric disorders in some people. Numerous researches arehighlighting the similarities of these addictions with the consumption of toxic substances. Universitystudents are heavy users of the Internet and, in certain situations, addiction to online social networkscan be the result of depression, harassment, and anxiety, among others, aecting their daily life,including their academic responsibilities. In recent months, an anomaly has occurred that mayhave contributed to intensifying this problem, namely the confinement produced by the COVID-19pandemic, which has aected the whole world to a greater or lesser extent. In this cross-sectionalstudy, with a descriptive and quantitative methodology, students from 14 Spanish universities wereinvestigated in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in order to understand the eects of thissituation on the problem described. The results show a high consumption of social networks duringthat time, with significant incidences of addiction. In parallel, the presence of comorbidity has beendetermined. In this scenario, it would be necessary to implement university educational programs toredirect these addictive behaviors, as well as preventative recommendations and actions to minimizenegative impacts. This is a major problem that is growing, exacerbated by the global pandemicproduced by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Situations of this gravity call for the development ofpreventive and educational measures for the responsible and sustainable use of ICT	es
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dc.identifier.citation	Sustainability, 2020,12, 7737
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.3390/su12187737
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/96361
dc.language	eng	es
dc.publisher	MDPI	es
dc.relation	Sin financiación externa a la Universidad	es
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess	es
dc.rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/	*
dc.subject	Social network	es
dc.subject	Digital sustainability	es
dc.subject	Addiction	es
dc.subject	College students	es
dc.subject	Health education	es
dc.subject	Prevention	es
dc.subject	Higher education	es
dc.subject.other	CDU::3 - Ciencias sociales::31 - Demografía. Sociología. Estadística	es
dc.title	Social networks consumption and addiction in college students during the COVID-19 pandemic: educational approach to responsible use	es
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article	es
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