Adicción a los videojuegos en adultos entre 26 a 32 años de la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

The present investigation will focus on the psychological causes of video game addiction and the possible functions that this condition fulfills in adults between 26 and 32 years of age in the city of Guayaquil. The general objective of which will be to analyze the psychological causes of video game addiction in adults in the City of Guayaquil. Through four fundamental chapters and with which the three specific objectives will be met. In the first, addiction will be explored, addressing its historical and specific evolution in relation to video games. The second chapter will examine the psychological causes, highlighting the biological, social and psychological factors that contribute to the phenomenon. The research methodology will be detailed in the third chapter, where the methods used will be described and later in the fourth chapter, results derived from interviews, a clinical vignette and surveys will be presented and analyzed, providing an enriching vision of video game addiction in adults. . . As a whole, this seeks to shed light on a constantly growing phenomenon, contributing to the understanding and addressing of video game addiction in the specific context of Guayaquil. Resulting in a high percentage of adult males who show possible signs of risk of addiction, whose psychological causes according to the population studied may be the search for approval, online social connection, evasion of reality, emotional escape, construction of online relationships, competitiveness and use as a strategy for emotional discomfort.