@misc{10481/62741,
year = {2020},
month = {5},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/62741},
abstract = {The aim of this paper is to investigate the issue of access to Information and Communication
Technologies (ICT) at younger ages, which is leading to dependency on mobile phones, video games,
and compulsive aimless internet surfing—an issue that schools have been increasingly seeking to
tackle. With the appearance of emerging technologies, and not forgetting those already established,
an instrument is required that will adapt to new casuistry and help to design intervention programmes
in accordance with present and future patterns of use, abuse, and addiction. Studies such as the one
proposed here will provide data about the profile of this population in order to improve programmes
and influence the ICT policies rolled out by central and local governments. The chief aim of this paper
is to construct and validate an instrument capable of evaluating problems experienced by young
people in relation to technology use, abuse, and addiction within the programmes developed in Spain.
The research design used in this study is mixed empirical, non-experimental, and sequential in nature
in three stages: interviews conducted with 11 prevention professionals, group of 11 experts and pilot
group of 30 participants in indicated prevention programmes. The findings of the study indicate
that the instrument fulfills the parameters established to be considered a systematic empirically
sustainable instrument, since the young population needs to identify these patterns in order to
understand and prevent risk behaviours associated with their use.},
organization = {This research was funded by Fundación Bancaria “La Caixa” and Proyecto Hombre Association.},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Techno-addiction},
keywords = {Indicated prevention},
keywords = {Evaluation},
keywords = {Young people},
title = {Construction of an Instrument for the Evaluation of the Effects of Information and Communication Technologies among Young People},
doi = {10.3390/su12093785},
author = {González López, Ignacio and Fuentes Esparrell, Juan Antonio},
}