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Negative symptoms
Can problematic screen use or addiction trigger physical, psychological, or behavioral problems?
It has been shown that problematic screen use or addiction can have potential consequences, especially in vulnerable populations, both physically and psychologically, as well as in the social, economic and legal spheres.
- Physical: sedentary lifestyle, obesity, malnutrition, exhaustion, sleep problems, eye strain from excessive "blue light", myopia, headaches, injuries to the hands or neck, hearing problems, technocerebral exhaustion, continuous partial attention, etc.
- Psychological: emotional instability, excessive self-esteem, feeling of activity and control, feeling of achievement, happiness and recognition, anxiety, depression, stress and other types of negative emotions, indifference to violence, online violence, mood swings and irritability, introversion or isolation, feelings of loneliness, etc.
- Social: aggression and conflict at the family level, deterioration of family and social relationships, decreased academic performance, school absenteeism, abandonment of usual leisure or free time activities, etc.
- Economic and legal: robberies, crimes, illegal gambling, etc.
Enlaces
Addiction to new technologies
Addiction to new technologies