Se evaluó la mediación de las emociones negativas entre la satisfacción con la vida y la adicción a los teléfonos inteligentes. La muestra fueron 1109 universitarios de ambos sexos entre 18 a 30 años. La investigación corresponde a un diseño no experimental, de tipo correlacional multivariante y de modelamiento de ecuaciones estructurales. Los instrumentos usados fueron la Escala de Adicción basadas en aplicaciones para teléfonos inteligentes (SABAS), Escala de Satisfacción con la vida (SWLS), Escala de Depresión, Ansiedad y Estrés - DASS 21 y Escala Multidimensional de Percepción de Apoyo Social (MSPSS). La ansiedad (27.3%) es la emoción negativa más prevalente, seguida por la depresión y estrés. El 80.7% de los estudiantes presenta satisfacción con la vida de bajo a moderado. El 75.5% de los universitarios percibe el apoyo social de bajo a moderado. Y el 15,2 % de lo...

Introduction: the development of academic activities through virtual spaces contributes to increasing the use of Smartphones in university students, arising the need to study the effects of their use. Objective: to evaluate the mediating effect of Smartphone distraction between technostress and Smartphone addiction in university students in Metropolitan Lima. Methods: A sample of 550 university students, aged between 18 and 35 years, was evaluated with the Smartphone Distraction Scale, the Technostress Scale for University Students and the Smartphone App-Based Addiction Scale. Regression analysis was conducted to assess the mediating role of smartphone distraction in the explanatory relationship between technostress and cell phone addiction. Results: a complete effect on the part of the mediator was identified, in addition, it is observed that there is an indirect effect of technostress ...

Introduction: the development of academic activities through virtual spaces contributes to increasing the use of Smartphones in university students, arising the need to study the effects of their use. Objective: to evaluate the mediating effect of Smartphone distraction between technostress and Smartphone addiction in university students in Metropolitan Lima. Methods: A sample of 550 university students, aged between 18 and 35 years, was evaluated with the Smartphone Distraction Scale, the Technostress Scale for University Students and the Smartphone App-Based Addiction Scale. Regression analysis was conducted to assess the mediating role of smartphone distraction in the explanatory relationship between technostress and cell phone addiction. Results: a complete effect on the part of the mediator was identified, in addition, it is observed that there is an indirect effect of technostress ...

Introducción: Los usuarios de teléfonos inteligentes se han incrementado a nivel mundial, debido a su multifuncionalidad y accesibilidad. Objetivo: Determinar el efecto mediador de las emociones negativas entre la satisfacción con la vida y la adicción a los teléfonos inteligentes en universitarios. Método: Se planteó un modelo explicativo de ecuaciones estructurales en el cual cada emoción negativa (depresión, ansiedad y estrés) tienen un rol mediador entre la satisfacción con la vida y la adicción a los celulares. Con tal fin, se seleccionaron 1109 universitarios de Lima Metropolitana a los cuales se les aplicaron el DASS 21, SABAS, SWLS. Resultados: Se encontró un efecto parcial de cada modelo mediador, además la Satisfacción con la vida logró un efecto directo sobre la adicción a los teléfonos celulares; al mismo tiempo las variables mediado...

El objetivo de la investigación fue relacionar el compromiso académico y el síndrome de Burnout académico en estudiantes universitarios. El diseño utilizado fue no experimental y de tipo descriptivo-correlacional. La muestra estuvo conformada por 192 estudiantes universitarios, de ambos sexos, entre edades de 16 a 31 años de edades. Los instrumentos usados en esta investigación fueron la Escala Utrech Work Engagement Scale-Student y el Inventario Maslach Burnout Student Survey (MBI-SS). Los resultados indican que existe una relación inversamente moderada y altamente significativa con un tamaño de efecto medio entre compromiso académico y el síndrome de burnout académico (rho= -0.561, p <0.01, d= 0,314) en los estudiantes universitarios. El 75% presentan un nivel moderado a alto en el compromiso académico y aproximadamente 22% de los estudiantes presentan niveles de alto a mu...

Virtual social networks have had a notable impact on our lives, and over the years it has led to the creation of new virtual socialization platforms such as Instagram, which in our context has taken great interest, especially in adults young people, occupying a large part of their personal, academic, work and social space, often leading to problematic behaviors such as addiction. The objective of this study was to design and validate the Bergen Instagram Addiction Scale (BIAS), based on the short Spanish version of the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS). 200 Peruvian adult Instagram users from 18 to 35 years old participated (M age = 25.9; SD age = 4.29), 63.5% were women. For the design, the terminology was changed from Facebook to Instagram, in the items of the BFAS, later the AFC was carried out to estimate the evidence of factorial validity and AFC-MG for the invariance of the me...

Las redes sociales virtuales han ejercido un impacto notable en nuestras vidas, y con el pasar de los años se ha dado lugar a la creación de nuevas plataformas de socialización virtual como Instagram, la cual en nuestro contexto ha tomado gran interés, sobre todo en adultos jóvenes, llegando a ocupar gran parte de su espacio personal, académico, laboral y social, conduciendo en muchas ocasiones a comportamientos problemáticos como la adicción. El objetivo de este estudio fue diseñar y validar la Escala de adicción a Instagram de Bergen (BIAS), basada en la versión breve al español del Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS). Participaron 200 adultos peruanos usuarios de Instagram de 18 a 35 años (M edad =25.9; DE edad = 4.29) el 63.5% fueron mujeres. Para el diseño se realizó el cambio de la terminología Facebook por Instagram, en los ítems del BFAS, posteriormente se efe...

A predictive model of the intention to graduate with a thesis, based on academic and cognitive-affective factors, is examined in a sample of 198 students from the first to the fifth year of psychology. The structural model tested by Path Analysis presented an adequate adjustment (CFI >.95 and RMSEA <.08), observing that engagement and attitude towards statistics indirectly regulate the intentionality of a thesis, while self-efficacy and methodological competencies have direct effects on intentionality. When there are adequate methodological competencies, the prognosis for doing a thesis is 82.6%, while a favorable attitude towards statistics forecasts 80.6% of the interest of graduating with a thesis.

A predictive model of the intention to graduate with a thesis, based on academic and cognitive-affective factors, is examined in a sample of 198 students from the first to the fifth year of psychology. The structural model tested by Path Analysis presented an adequate adjustment (CFI >.95 and RMSEA <.08), observing that engagement and attitude towards statistics indirectly regulate the intentionality of a thesis, while self-efficacy and methodological competencies have direct effects on intentionality. When there are adequate methodological competencies, the prognosis for doing a thesis is 82.6%, while a favorable attitude towards statistics forecasts 80.6% of the interest of graduating with a thesis.

A predictive model of the intention to graduate with a thesis, based on academic and cognitive-affective factors, is examined in a sample of 198 students from the first to the fifth year of psychology. The structural model tested by Path Analysis presented an adequate adjustment (CFI >.95 and RMSEA <.08), observing that engagement and attitude towards statistics indirectly regulate the intentionality of a thesis, while self-efficacy and methodological competencies have direct effects on intentionality. When there are adequate methodological competencies, the prognosis for doing a thesis is 82.6%, while a favorable attitude towards statistics forecasts 80.6% of the interest of graduating with a thesis.

The impact of social networks on people's daily lives is worrisome, particularly in adolescents and young people, who seem to exceed the limits of normal use. Constant excessive use can lead to pathological behaviors linked to social media addiction (SMA). Our objectives were to 1) adapt the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS) to Spanish and 2) evaluate its psychometric properties in a young population. The BSMAS was adapted to Spanish, involving experts on social media addiction and people from the target population during the adaptation process. For the psychometric evaluation, 650 Peruvian college students responded to the Spanish version (53.5 % women aged 18 to 40, M = 21.5 SD = 2.7). The one-dimensional measurement model proposed for the original BSMAS was confirmed for our version (X2(9) = 23.9315, CFI = 0.994, TLI = 0.990, SRMR = 0.032, RMSEA = 0.061). The reliability was...

Background: Harmful work patterns have become a public health problem. These conditions are worrying since they can have an impact on mental health, social conflicts, and physical difficulties due to their normalization of pathological behaviors related to work addiction. Aims: (1) determine the psychometric properties and reliability of the DUWAS and (2) evaluate valid comparisons at the construct level. Methods: The Spanish version of DUWAS was used. For the evaluation of the psychometric model, 446 Peruvian workers responded to the Spanish version (60.5% women aged 18 to 65, M = 35.1 SD = 12.45). Results: The unidimensional version was confirmed (x2 = 67.495(14); CFI = 0.96; TLI = 0.95; SRMR = 0.050 and RMSEA = 0.069). The reliability was acceptable (α = 0.735; 95% CI: 0.706 − 0.762; ω = 0.741; 95% CI: 0.712 − 0.767) and measurement invariance was confirmed for sex and age group...

Objective: The effects of an online prevention program on technological addictions and cognitive-affective dispositions in university students during the COVID-19 pandemic were evaluated. Methods: Forty-two students participated in the sample, of which 21 formed the experimental group (EG) and the other 21 students the control group (CG). Academic efficacy and academic engagement scales were used, as well as cell phone, internet and video game addiction tests. Results: The application of the program significantly reduced the internet addiction, cell phone and video games and at the same time significantly increased the positive assessment of academic engagement and academic efficacy; comparisons between the study groups (GE versus GC) according to the effect sizes (.30 < d >. 50) evidenced important practical differences in the internet addiction, cell phone and video games, for th...