Gender, personality and coping characteristics in the use of internet, mobile and videogames in adolescence / Diferencias de sexo, característica de personalidad y afrontamiento en el uso de internet, el móvil y los videojuegos en la adolescencia
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Internet, móvil, videojuegos, adolescentes, personalidad, afrontamiento. / Keywords, mobile, videogames, adolescents, personality, coping, TIC.Abstract
El presente estudio tuvo como objetivo examinar la relación del uso de Internet, el móvil y los videojuegos con el sexo y las características de personalidad y afrontamiento de los adolescentes. La muestra estuvo compuesta por 201 adolescentes de la provincia de Alicante, con edades comprendidas entre los 15 y 18 años, 118 (58.7%) eran chicos y 83 (41.3%) chicas. Los resultados indicaron un mayor uso del móvil por parte de las chicas y de videojuegos por parte de los chicos, mientras que no hubo diferencias en el uso de Internet. Respecto a las características de personalidad los resultados revelaron que tanto las mujeres como los hombres presentan estilos de afrontamientos tanto productivos como improductivos dependiendo del uso que hagan de las TICs. Los datos obtenidos en este estudio pueden resultar de interés para detectar posible riesgo de abuso en función del género, personalidad y afrontamiento, así como para la planificación de intervenciones rehabilitadoras y la prevención del uso inadecuado de las nuevas tecnologías desde el entorno familiar o escolar.
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This article aimed to examine the relationship of the use of Internet, mobile and videogames with gender, personality and coping characteristics in adolescents. The sample consisted of adolescents from the region of Alicante, aged between 15 and 18, 118 (58.7%) were boys and 83 (41.3%) girls. Results showed that girls reported a higher use of mobile and boys of videogames, whereas there no differences in the Internet use. With regard to personality and coping characteristics, data pointed out both the girls and the boys present coping styles so much productive as unproductive depending on the use that they do of the TICs. These findings might be of interest in order to detect a high risk of abuse based on gender, personality and coping, as well as to plan treatment and prevention programs of the maladjusted use of new technologies in family and school settings.
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