Risk of addiction to social networks, self-esteem and self-control in high school students

• Autores: Challco Huaytalla, Katherine Patricia, Rodríguez Vega, Sheila, Jaimes Soncco, Jania
• 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/169
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.upeu.edu.pe/index.php/RCCS/article/view/169
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Risk of addiction to social networks, self-esteem, self-control, teens; Riesgo de adicción a redes sociales, autoestima, autocontrol, adolescentes.

Objective: This research aimed to determine the relationship between the risk of addiction to social networks,self-esteem and self-control in students of 4th and 5th grade of high school of a public educational institutionin Metropolitan Lima. Methods: The sample consisted by 135 teenagers between 14 and 16 years old. Theinstruments used were the questionnaire of addiction to social networks (CARS), the self-esteem questionnaireof Coopersmith and the questionnaire of infant self-control and adolescents (CACIA). Results: In the resultswere found that there is a significant trade-off between the risk of addiction to social networks, self-esteem andself-control (r =-. 287; p =.001 and r =-. 288; p =. 001; respectively), That is to say, to lower self-esteem andself-control, greater will be the risk of addiction to social networks. Conclusions: The students show insecurity,isolation, low self-control over their conduct, the greater the risk of addiction to social networks.