Impact of distress and anxiety due to COVID-19 on digital addictions in university students in the third wave period [version 2; peer review: 3 approved]
Abstract Background Digital addictions are a major problem worldwide, which has increased considerably during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this scenario, two important impact factors to explain this problem are stress and anxiety because of COVID-19. The objective of this research was to determine the...
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| author | Yovana Pardavé-Livia Armando Martínez-Portillo Evelyn Barboza-Navarro Luz Elizabeth Mayorga-Falcón Walter Capa-Luque Catalina Bello-Vidal Aldo Bazán-Ramírez Edmundo Hervias-Guerra |
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| description | Abstract Background Digital addictions are a major problem worldwide, which has increased considerably during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this scenario, two important impact factors to explain this problem are stress and anxiety because of COVID-19. The objective of this research was to determine the impact of distress and anxiety due to COVID-19 on digital addictions. Methods cross-sectional, explanatory study. A total of 802 students from public and private universities residing in the city of Lima and Callao (Peru), with a mean age of 21.68 (SD = 3.11), selected by convenience sampling, participated in the study. The MULTICAGE CAD-4 questionnaire, the distress scale, and the anxiety scale by COVID-19 were applied. Results two models examined with structural equation modeling showed good fit indices (CFI and TLI > .95, RMSEA and SRMR < .06). The first model shows that the latent variables distress and anxiety due to COVID-19 have direct effects on digital addictions as a general construct (R2 = 22%). The second model shows that the exogenous latent variables (stress and anxiety) have direct effects of different magnitudes on each digital technology, so the variance explained on smartphone addiction was higher (R2 = 25%) with respect to internet (R2 = 19%) and video game addiction (R2 = 6%). It was also found that for every male, there are two females with high levels of distress and anxiety. Regarding the problematic use of smartphones and internet, there is a prevalence of 40% regardless of sex; but as for the problematic use of video games, there is a marked difference between males (18.8%) and females (2.7%). Conclusion the distress and anxiety caused by COVID-19 have a direct impact in aggravating digital addictions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-991126ec864f4b9dbd97d9581621e3092025-01-28T01:00:02ZengF1000 Research LtdF1000Research2046-14022025-01-0113176293Impact of distress and anxiety due to COVID-19 on digital addictions in university students in the third wave period [version 2; peer review: 3 approved]Yovana Pardavé-Livia0Armando Martínez-Portillo1Evelyn Barboza-Navarro2Luz Elizabeth Mayorga-Falcón3Walter Capa-Luque4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4342-9264Catalina Bello-Vidal5Aldo Bazán-Ramírez6Edmundo Hervias-Guerra7https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5395-1518Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, San Miguel, Lima Región, PeruFacultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, San Miguel, Lima Región, PeruFacultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, San Miguel, Lima Región, PeruFacultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, San Miguel, Lima Región, PeruFacultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, San Miguel, Lima Región, PeruFacultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, San Miguel, Lima Región, PeruEscuela de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Jose María Arguedas, Andahuaylas, Apurimac, PeruFacultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, San Miguel, Lima Región, PeruAbstract Background Digital addictions are a major problem worldwide, which has increased considerably during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this scenario, two important impact factors to explain this problem are stress and anxiety because of COVID-19. The objective of this research was to determine the impact of distress and anxiety due to COVID-19 on digital addictions. Methods cross-sectional, explanatory study. A total of 802 students from public and private universities residing in the city of Lima and Callao (Peru), with a mean age of 21.68 (SD = 3.11), selected by convenience sampling, participated in the study. The MULTICAGE CAD-4 questionnaire, the distress scale, and the anxiety scale by COVID-19 were applied. Results two models examined with structural equation modeling showed good fit indices (CFI and TLI > .95, RMSEA and SRMR < .06). The first model shows that the latent variables distress and anxiety due to COVID-19 have direct effects on digital addictions as a general construct (R2 = 22%). The second model shows that the exogenous latent variables (stress and anxiety) have direct effects of different magnitudes on each digital technology, so the variance explained on smartphone addiction was higher (R2 = 25%) with respect to internet (R2 = 19%) and video game addiction (R2 = 6%). It was also found that for every male, there are two females with high levels of distress and anxiety. Regarding the problematic use of smartphones and internet, there is a prevalence of 40% regardless of sex; but as for the problematic use of video games, there is a marked difference between males (18.8%) and females (2.7%). Conclusion the distress and anxiety caused by COVID-19 have a direct impact in aggravating digital addictions.https://f1000research.com/articles/13-1010/v2Digital addictions addictive behaviors anxiety distress mental health smartphoneeng |
| spellingShingle | Yovana Pardavé-Livia Armando Martínez-Portillo Evelyn Barboza-Navarro Luz Elizabeth Mayorga-Falcón Walter Capa-Luque Catalina Bello-Vidal Aldo Bazán-Ramírez Edmundo Hervias-Guerra Impact of distress and anxiety due to COVID-19 on digital addictions in university students in the third wave period [version 2; peer review: 3 approved] F1000Research Digital addictions addictive behaviors anxiety distress mental health smartphone eng |
| title | Impact of distress and anxiety due to COVID-19 on digital addictions in university students in the third wave period [version 2; peer review: 3 approved] |
| title_full | Impact of distress and anxiety due to COVID-19 on digital addictions in university students in the third wave period [version 2; peer review: 3 approved] |
| title_fullStr | Impact of distress and anxiety due to COVID-19 on digital addictions in university students in the third wave period [version 2; peer review: 3 approved] |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of distress and anxiety due to COVID-19 on digital addictions in university students in the third wave period [version 2; peer review: 3 approved] |
| title_short | Impact of distress and anxiety due to COVID-19 on digital addictions in university students in the third wave period [version 2; peer review: 3 approved] |
| title_sort | impact of distress and anxiety due to covid 19 on digital addictions in university students in the third wave period version 2 peer review 3 approved |
| topic | Digital addictions addictive behaviors anxiety distress mental health smartphone eng |
| url | https://f1000research.com/articles/13-1010/v2 |
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