Effects of cell phone dependence on the social skills of university students

• Autores: De la Cruz Sandoval, Diana, Torres Zárate, Luz, Yánac Cierto, Elí
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2020
• 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/895
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.upeu.edu.pe/index.php/RCCS/article/view/895
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Cell phone dependence, social skills, university.; Dependencia al celular, Habilidades sociales, universitarios.

  Objective: To determine the relationship between cell phone dependency and social skills of the students of a private university in East Lima. Methodology: The non-experimental cross-sectional and correlational type design was used. Likewise, an intentional non-probabilistic sampling was used, including students of both sexes with ages between 17 and 28 years. Results: 52.1% of university students are at risk of presenting dependence to the cell phone, while 22.8% already have it, compared to 25.1% who do not. Likewise, 56.1% of the students show a low level of social skills, 29.9% are in the process of developing them and only 14% have developed social skills. In addition, a negative and significant relationship was found between the study variables (Rho= -, 645, p <0.01), in the same way a negative and significant relationship was found in the cell dependency dimensions with the total social skills: “abstinence “(Rho= -,624; p <0.01), “abuse and difficulty of controlling the impulse” (Rho= -, 526; p <0.01), “problems caused by excessive use” (Rho= -, 595; p <0.01) and “tolerance” (Rho= -, 569; p <0.01). Conclusion: Cell dependency is significantly related and inversely related to social skills. That is, a higher level of cell phone dependency is associated with lower level of social skills is and vice versa.