Technostress and Smartphone addiction mediated by Smartphone distraction in college students

• Autores: Vallejos-Flores, Miguel, Talledo-Sánchez, Karim, Carlos-Ventura, David, Caycho-Caja, Aaron, Sullcahuaman Amesquita, Jessica, Rime Huamanyauri, Diana
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2024
• Institución: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.revistas.upc.edu.pe:article/1957
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.upc.edu.pe/index.php/docencia/article/view/1957
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Smartphone addictions; technostress; smartphone distraction; structural equations; Vícios em smartphones; tecnoestresse; distração com smartphones; modelagem de equações estruturais; Adicciones a teléfonos inteligentes; tecnoestrés; distracción por Smartphone; ecuaciones estructurales

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 on smartphone addiction. Discussion: smartphone distraction has an effect on cell phone addiction as long as distraction is present as a mediator.