Ansiedad y su relación con la dependencia al teléfono móvil en estudiantes de bachillerato

Abstract

The present research determined the relationship between anxiety and cell phone dependence in high school adolescents, constructs measured by the Hamilton Anxiety Scale and the Mobile Phone Dependence Test (TDM) in a sample of 104 high school students, with an age range of 15 to 18 years, were selected by exclusion and inclusion criteria. The results determined that most of the adolescents presented a mild level of anxiety, followed by a high level, and statistically significant differences were found between the anxiety levels of males and females. The majority of students presented a moderate level of dependence on the cell phone, followed by a high level. For the verification of the research hypothesis, Spearman's nonparametric statistic was used since the anxiety variable did not meet the assumption of normality. After data analysis, a proportional and statistically significant relationship was found between the study variables.