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The purpose of this study was to determine the level of addiction to social networks among higher education students. The Social Network Addiction Scale (adicción hacial asredes sociales or ARS) designed by Escurra-Mayaute and Salas-Blas (2014), with responses ranging from 'never', 'rarely', 'sometimes', 'frequently', and 'always', was used in this empirical study. The participants were students studying in private sector institutions in the city of Veracruz, Mexico. Nonparametric Man-Whitney U tests were used to assess whether gender affected the scores of each of the constructs in the questionnaire. The main findings were that there was no difference between men and women in terms of their scores for obsession with, lack of control regarding, and use of social networks. It is recommended to continue exploring the levels of addiction to social networks in students from public and private sector institutions at all educational levels, with greater emphasis on young people in basic and middle education, of course without neglecting studies. focused on university and postgraduate populations. If the population spectrum expands, a broader coverage and greater representativeness of these populations can be achieved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
