GERAÇÃO ANSIOSA: IMPACTOS DO USO DEPENDENTE DE SMARTPHONES NA ANSIEDADE DE JOVENS/ADULTOS DE MARABÁ-PA
GERAÇÃO ANSIOSA: IMPACTOS DO USO DEPENDENTE DE SMARTPHONES NA ANSIEDADE DE JOVENS/ADULTOS DE MARABÁ-PA
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.9232413119
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Palavras-chave: ansiedade; dependência; smartphones; jovens/adultos
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Keywords: anxiety; addiction; smartphones; youth/adults
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Abstract: This was quantitative and exploratory research and aimed to analyze the relation between smartphone addiction and anxiety among young/adults’ people in the region of Marabá-PA. 73 people participated in the research, all aged between 18 and 26 years, who owned smartphones and lived in Marabá/PA. Two questionnaires were used for the research, the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) and the Smartphone Addiction Inventory (SPAI-BR). The questionnaires were disseminated through the social networks WhatsApp and Instagram, inviting volunteer participants. The analysis of the two questionnaires was performed using Fisher's Exact test. A sample of 73 participants was used for analysis, with 72 of the respondents of both genders (female and male) and one respondent who stated that he did not identify with either gender. It was analyzed that there is a prevalence of smartphone addiction in 86.3% of the total participants and that of the 22 respondents who presented severe anxiety, 95.5% have a predisposition to dependence. Thus, it was concluded that there is a relationship between anxiety and addiction to smartphones among the young/adult public of Marabá-PA.
- ROBERSON GEOVANI CASARIN
- Daniele Dias dos Santos