Family functioning internet addiction among students of a public school in North Lima

• Autores: Adriano Rengifo, Cristian, Mamani Ferrúa, Luis, Vilca Quiro, Wildman
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2019
• Institución: Universidad Peruana Unión
• Repositorio: Revista UPEU - Revista Científica de Ciencias de la Salud
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.revistas.upeu.edu.pe:article/161
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.upeu.edu.pe/index.php/RCCS/article/view/161
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Family Functioning, Cohesion, Adaptability, Internet Addiction.; Funcionamiento Familiar, Cohesión, Adaptabilidad, Adicción a Internet.

Objetive: To determine the relationship between family functioning and Internet addiction adolescent studentsfrom a public school in northern Lima. Methods: non-experimental and cross-sectional design was usedcorrelational. An intentional non-probability sampling, including students of both sexes aged between 12 and20 years were also used. Results: 44% of adolescents have a family operation midrange and only 21.7% havean extreme performance. Also 86% of participants evidenced a normal Internet use, 13% are at risk of addictionand only about 1% are addictive Internet use. Furthermore, there was no significant relationship between thevariables of study (Chi = 4.079; p>.395), except for family cohesion (r = -.223, p<0.01). Conclusions: The familyfunctioning was not significantly related to Internet addiction. However, it was found that a negative relationshipwith family cohesion; that is the greater family cohesion, the lower the risk of internet addiction.