OVERVIEW

Objective: To determine the relationship between the risk of addiction to social networks, self-esteem and self-control in students of 4th and 5th year of secondary level of a public educational institution of Metropolitan Lima. Material and methods: the sample was conformed by 135 students aged between 14 and 16 years. The instruments used were the questionnaire of addiction to social networks (CARS), the questionnaire of Coopersmith self-esteem and self-control in children and adolescents (CACIA) questionnaire. Results: It was found that there is a significant trade-off between the risk of addiction to social networks, self-esteem and self-control (r =-. 287; p =.001 and r =-. 288; p =. 001; respectively), i.e. to lower self-esteem and self-control, greater will be the risk of addiction to social networks. Conclusions: as students show little self-control over their conduct, insecurity, isolation, the greater the risk of addiction to social networks.

ABSTRACT

Objective: This research aimed to determine the relationship between the risk of addiction to social networks, self-esteem and self-control in students of 4th and 5th grade of high school of a public educational institution in Metropolitan Lima. Methods: The sample consisted by 135 teenagers between 14 and 16 years old. The instruments used were the questionnaire of addiction to social networks (CARS), the self-esteem questionnaire of Coopersmith and the questionnaire of infant self-control and adolescents (CACIA). Results: In the results was found that there is a significant trade off between the risk of addiction to social networks, self-esteem and self-control (r =-. 287; p =.001 and r =-. 288; p =. 001, respectively), That is to say, to lower self-esteem and self-control, greater will be the risk of addiction to social networks. Conclusions: The students show insecurity, isolation, low self-control over their conduct, the greater the risk of addiction to social networks.