Analysis of Occupational Balance and Its Relation to Problematic Internet Use in University Occupational Therapy Students

(1) Objective: to explore and describe the relationship between the occupational balance of university students taking a Degree in Occupational Therapy and the problematic use of the Internet and how these, in turn, favour or not the appearance of phubbing behaviour which involves "a behaviour...

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Autores: Romero Tébar, Alejandro, Rodríguez Hernández, Marta, Segura Fragoso, Antonio, Cantero Garlito, Pablo Antonio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Repositorio:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM
OAI Identifier:oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/40383
Acceso en línea:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33670328/
https://hdl.handle.net/10578/40383
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Palabra clave:Internet addiction
Occupational balance
Phubbing
Problematic internet use
University students
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spelling Analysis of Occupational Balance and Its Relation to Problematic Internet Use in University Occupational Therapy StudentsRomero Tébar, AlejandroRodríguez Hernández, MartaSegura Fragoso, AntonioCantero Garlito, Pablo AntonioInternet addictionOccupational balancePhubbingProblematic internet useUniversity students(1) Objective: to explore and describe the relationship between the occupational balance of university students taking a Degree in Occupational Therapy and the problematic use of the Internet and how these, in turn, favour or not the appearance of phubbing behaviour which involves "a behaviour that happens when an individual looks at his mobile phone during a conversation with other individuals, escaping from interpersonal communication". (2) Methods: this is a quantitative descriptive study of an observational and cross-sectional nature, not experimental. The Spanish version of the Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ-E), the Internet Addiction Test and the Phubbing Scale were used for data collection. 192 university students taking the Degree in Occupational Therapy of the University of Castilla-La Mancha participated (168 women and 24 men). (3) Results: the average score obtained in the OBQ-E was 38.7, indicating a moderate occupational balance; and (4) Conclusions: occupational therapy students from the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Castilla-La Mancha have a moderate occupational balance. Furthermore, this is negatively related to both problematic Internet use and phubbing, so a higher occupational balance indicates less Internet addiction and less phubbing.MDPI202520252021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33670328/https://hdl.handle.net/10578/40383reponame:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLMinstname:Universidad de Castilla-La ManchaInglésinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/403832026-05-27T07:36:41Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Analysis of Occupational Balance and Its Relation to Problematic Internet Use in University Occupational Therapy Students
title Analysis of Occupational Balance and Its Relation to Problematic Internet Use in University Occupational Therapy Students
spellingShingle Analysis of Occupational Balance and Its Relation to Problematic Internet Use in University Occupational Therapy Students
Romero Tébar, Alejandro
Internet addiction
Occupational balance
Phubbing
Problematic internet use
University students
title_short Analysis of Occupational Balance and Its Relation to Problematic Internet Use in University Occupational Therapy Students
title_full Analysis of Occupational Balance and Its Relation to Problematic Internet Use in University Occupational Therapy Students
title_fullStr Analysis of Occupational Balance and Its Relation to Problematic Internet Use in University Occupational Therapy Students
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of Occupational Balance and Its Relation to Problematic Internet Use in University Occupational Therapy Students
title_sort Analysis of Occupational Balance and Its Relation to Problematic Internet Use in University Occupational Therapy Students
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Romero Tébar, Alejandro
Rodríguez Hernández, Marta
Segura Fragoso, Antonio
Cantero Garlito, Pablo Antonio
author Romero Tébar, Alejandro
author_facet Romero Tébar, Alejandro
Rodríguez Hernández, Marta
Segura Fragoso, Antonio
Cantero Garlito, Pablo Antonio
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author2 Rodríguez Hernández, Marta
Segura Fragoso, Antonio
Cantero Garlito, Pablo Antonio
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Internet addiction
Occupational balance
Phubbing
Problematic internet use
University students
topic Internet addiction
Occupational balance
Phubbing
Problematic internet use
University students
description (1) Objective: to explore and describe the relationship between the occupational balance of university students taking a Degree in Occupational Therapy and the problematic use of the Internet and how these, in turn, favour or not the appearance of phubbing behaviour which involves "a behaviour that happens when an individual looks at his mobile phone during a conversation with other individuals, escaping from interpersonal communication". (2) Methods: this is a quantitative descriptive study of an observational and cross-sectional nature, not experimental. The Spanish version of the Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ-E), the Internet Addiction Test and the Phubbing Scale were used for data collection. 192 university students taking the Degree in Occupational Therapy of the University of Castilla-La Mancha participated (168 women and 24 men). (3) Results: the average score obtained in the OBQ-E was 38.7, indicating a moderate occupational balance; and (4) Conclusions: occupational therapy students from the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Castilla-La Mancha have a moderate occupational balance. Furthermore, this is negatively related to both problematic Internet use and phubbing, so a higher occupational balance indicates less Internet addiction and less phubbing.
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