Abstract

LOPEZ DIAZ, Nolivio; LOPEZ BASTIDA, Eduardo Julio  and  MESA CONTRERAS, Gislena de La Caridad. Nomophobia in students of degree in primary education of the Municipal University Center of Cruces. Universidad y Sociedad [online]. 2022, vol.14, n.3, pp. 533-541.  Epub June 30, 2022. ISSN 2218-3620.

During the confinement stage by the epidemic of COVID-19 the estrés it was increased in people, that which impacted in an increment of the addictions of all nature. The cellular telephones became the communication road with family and friends, but their excessive use is an addiction source. The present investigation was traced as objective: To determine the existence of the Nomophobia in university students of the University Center of the Municipality Cruces, specifically those that study the career of Degree in primary education. The investigation is descriptive and exploratory, for the diagnosis a survey was used, applied to the sample of 64 students, of them 8 belonging to the masculine sex and 56 to the feminine one. It was determined that the entirety of the students ignores the term Nomophobia, 50.0% occupies its intelligent telephone for two or more hours a day, 45.3% has problems in the view for the excessive use of the same one and other affectations to its health like pains in the neck and migraines. As conclusion you detects that Nomophobia exists in students of the Municipal University Center of Cruces, existing ignorance about this suffering and the risk that more students develop this addiction.

Keywords : Cuba; Nomophobia; smartphone; addiction; university students; interviews.

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