Comportamiento epidemiológico de la dependencia del teléfono móvil: una perspectiva criminológica
| Autor | Edmundo Denis - Josué Elí Villegas-Domínguez - Patricia Beatriz Denis-Rodríguez - Guadalupe Melo-Santiesteban - María Esther Barradas-Alarcón |
| Cargo | Department of Criminology, Forensic Medicine Institute, University of Veracruz, Mexico - Clinical Medicine Unit 69, Social Security Mexican Institute, Veracruz, Mexico - Department of Criminology, Forensic Medicine Institute, University of Veracruz, Mexico - Department of Forensic Pathology, Forensic Medicine Institute, University of Veracruz, ... |
| Páginas | 35-42 |
ISSN: 2145-0684 (impreso) / ISSN: 2145-9649 (en línea)
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Colombia Forense
ISSN (en línea): 2145-9649
Vol. 5, No. 1, April 2018
Artículo de investigación / Research article
doi: https://doi.org/10.16925/cf.v5i1.2362
Epidemiological Behavior of Mobile Phone
Dependence: A Criminological Perspective
Comportamiento epidemiológico de la dependencia
del teléfono móvil: una perspectiva criminológica
Edmundo Denis-Rodríguez, Ph.D.1*, Josué Elí Villegas-Domínguez, Ms.2,
Patricia Beatriz Denis-Rodríguez, Ph.D.3, Guadalupe Melo-Santiesteban, Ph.D.4,
María Esther Barradas-Alarcón, Ph.D.5
1 Department of Criminology, Forensic Medicine Institute, University of Veracruz, Mexico
2 Clinical Medicine Unit 69, Social Security Mexican Institute, Veracruz, Mexico
3 Department of Criminology, Forensic Medicine Institute, University of Veracruz, Mexico
4 Department of Forensic Pathology, Forensic Medicine Institute, University of Veracruz, Mexico
5 Psychology Faculty, University of Veracruz, Mexico
* Juan Pablo II s/n, Fracc. Costa Verde, Boca del Río, Veracruz, México. Email: edderod@hotmail.com.
Received on: December 2th, 2017 Accepted on: March 15th, 2018 Available online: April 1st, 2018
How to cite this article: Denis-Rodríguez E, Villegas-Domínguez JE, Denis-Rodríguez PB, Melo-Santiesteban G, Barradas-
Alarcón ME. Epidemiological behavior of mobile phone dependence: a criminological perspective. Colomb Forense, vol. 5,
no. 1, pp. 35-42, April 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.16925/cf.v5i1.2362
Abstract
Introduction: Prevalence of Mobile phone dependence (nomophobia) in increasing all over the world,
but its prevalence and related factors in Latin America are unknown so far. Recently, the role of no-
mophobia in aggression, antisocial personality and emotional disturbances in adolescents has been
recognized.
Material and Methods: We included university students from Veracruz, Mexico. The Mobile Phone Pro-
blematic Use Scale (MPPUS) was applied: It is a Likert scale of 27 items. We used the 15th, 80th
and 95th percentiles to establish four categories: occasional, habitual, at risk and problematic users.
The values obtained were compared with several sociodemographic variables. Statistical analysis was
made by means of the Mann-Whitney U-test and one-way ANOVA.
Results: We included 541 students aged 18-25 years (median 20.5 years); the number of years using
a mobile phone was greater than 5 in 73% (n = 395). The number of hours of use per day was at least
3 in 75.2% (n = 407). 16.5% can be considered as users at risk, and 4.1% as problematic users. We
found a statistically significant association between the MPPUS value and the number of hours of use
per day, as well as the number of years using a mobile phone (p <0.05).
Conclusion: The prevalence of mobile phone dependence is similar to that reported in other developing
countries; the number of hours of use per day and the number of years using a cellphone could be
considered as predictive factors in our population.
Keywords: cellphone, criminology, nomophobia, university students.
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