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    APOYO SOCIAL PERCIBIDO Y ADICCIÓN A LAS REDES SOCIALES EN ESTUDIANTES UNIVERSITARIOS
    (Universidad Técnica de Ambato/ Facultad de Ciencias de Salud /Carrera de Psicología Clínica, 2024-09-06) Alvarez Haro, María José; Cueva Rubio, María Augusta
    Perc ei ved social su pport is d efin ed as the subj ective evaluatio n of the effectiven ess of soci al sup port and its reso urc es, a nd a ddiction to social n etworks i s a co mpul sive depend enc e on t h e use o f digital plat fo rm s. Th e obj ecti ve o f thi s stu dy wa s t o d et ermin e th e relation ship b etween perc eived social su pport an d addiction to social n et works in university st ud ent s. The sam pl e used wa s 135 st ud ent s with an ag e ran g e b et ween 18 an d 25 years from th e Faculty of Hu ma n Sciences a nd Educ ation o f th e Technical Uni versit y o f Amb ato. Th e research h ad a q uantita tive - non -exp eri mental appro ach with cro ss-sectio nal and correlation al scop e. To mea sure th e variabl es studi ed, th e MOS Qu estio nnaire of P erc eived Soci al Su pport (MOS) d evelop ed b y Sh erbo urn e and St ewart (1991 ) and th e Addiction to Social Networks Qu esti onnaire (ARS) mad e by Escurra a nd Sala s in 2014 were u sed. Th e result s sho wed that th ere is a sligh t negative correlation between the dimensions of perceived social support and addiction to social net works and in t erm s of gend er m ean s, th ere were stati stically signific ant di fferences b et ween the m ea ns o f m en (41.2 ) and wom en (34.5 ). In conclu sion , as p erc eived social supp ort increases, social media addiction decreases.