Cyberpsychology. Juan Moisés De La Serna

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      In my particular case, after taking several years teaching face-to-face in different universities, I had to do a training course to continue with my work as a teacher, but this time through social networks, for which I had to adapt the technological tools that previously used the new demands, including the familiarization of training platforms such as Moodle, or the use of videoconferencing programs to teach on-line teaching, which allowed me to teach classes in Spain, both in the Peninsula and in the Islands, while being followed from Latin America.

      But there are Internet risks that arise when youth leisure becomes almost exclusive in the intensive use of this technology, losing social contact and sometimes, contact with reality itself. There are many studies that are being done in this regard, following this new modality where new cases of cyberadicts are detected every day, that is, people who are unable to disconnect from the network, facilitating social isolation, and neglect of mental and personal hygiene, also associated with improper nutrition, all these Internet risks caused by an inadequate education on the correct use of technology.

      A new study has been carried out by Kaohsiung Medical University and Hsiao-Kang Hospital (Taiwan), the results of which have been published in the scientific journal J.A.M.A. Pediatrics where two thousand two hundred and ninety-three young people have been followed for 2 years, evaluated at 6, 12 and 24 months.

      The objective of this study was to find the new and predictable factors of addictions to new technologies, for which the level of addiction was evaluated through the standardized scale called C.I.A.S. (Chen Internet Addiction Scale), in addition to depression levels through the Chinese version of C.E.S.-D. (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale), the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder assessed by the A.D.H.D.S. (Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder Self-rated Scale), the social phobia through the F.N.E. (Fear of Negative Evaluation Scale) and the hostility of the participants through the B.D.H.I.C.-S.F. (Buss-Durkee Hostility Inventory – Chinese Version – Short Form).