Family functioning and addiction to social networks in secondary school students

Abstract

This research aims to study the association between family functioning and social media addiction in students at the secondary level of a public educational institution in the eastern part of Lima. It is non-experimental, cross-cutting and correlal-range design. The sample consists of 603 students, aged between 12 and 18. The results according to the research sample analyzed reveal that there is a highly significant association between family functioning and social media addiction. Also, in relation to the dimensions of family functioning, a highly significant association was found between family cohesion and social media addiction (X² = 33, 236; p =.,000). Similarly, a highly significant association was found between family adaptability and social media addiction (X² = 40, 318; p =.,000). It should be noted that in this research adolescents with families with a high level of cohesion and adaptability showed a lower risk of social media addiction.