Girassol: A Mobile App to Measure Levels of Nomophobia in Adolescents and Young People

Authors

  • MF4;nica Ximenes C. da Cunha

  • Karlla Danielly de Souza

  • Eike Duarte Santiago

Keywords:

technological dependence; mental health; mobile applications; teenagers; young

Abstract

This article presents an application to measure levels of technological dependence in adolescents and young people The first phase of this research consisted of a Systematic Literature Review SLR to collect data on the detection and risks of excessive and harmful use of digital technologies The data collected in SLR became the base for interviews with 05 psychologists and a survey with 566 individuals between 12 and 21 years of age Based on field research and the Internet Addiction Test IAT which was adapted for this public the Girassol application was developed The first validation with 05 health education professionals and 07 adolescents young people was 83 3 positive and the second validation had a positive evaluation of 98 49

How to Cite

MF4;nica Ximenes C. da Cunha, Karlla Danielly de Souza, & Eike Duarte Santiago. (2020). Girassol: A Mobile App to Measure Levels of Nomophobia in Adolescents and Young People. Global Journal of Computer Science and Technology, 20(G4), 33–45. Retrieved from https://computerresearch.org/index.php/computer/article/view/1937

Girassol: A Mobile App to Measure Levels of Nomophobia in Adolescents and Young People

Published

2020-03-15