RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCREEN TIME AND ANXIETY LEVEL IN PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS

Abstract

The following article presents an analysis of the association between screen time and anxiety levels in psychology students based on the results obtained in data collection. The research was developed based on the analysis of the use of screens specifically in students of the psychology course The problematization arising from the extensive use of screens directly influences mental health, altering the levels of normal anxiety that can susceptibilize a pathological state that causes imbalance in psychological, cognitive and physical performance. In addition, there is the possibility of generating screen-dependent behavior. Thus, the text aims to have an explanatory character in view of the construction of initial hypotheses and the understanding of the constructs.  As a result, we have that the habits of use involve both sensory stimuli, such as luminosity, and dopaminergic stimuli from social networks, which are potentially harmful to social well-being, especially in anxiety levels, also scoring the potential for a pathological condition if there is no psychological intervention.