Influencia del uso de los teléfonos celulares sin supervisión en la convivencia familiar. Estudio de 4 familias con hijos e hijas de 8vo. Año de EGB de una unidad educativa de cantón Salitre.

Abstract

This research project aimed to uncover the perceptions of families of 8th-grade students at a school in the Salitre Canton regarding cell phone use and its impact on family life, in order to contribute relevant information to social work. It was determined that, in families with parental absences due to work, cell phones introduce a technological subsystem that shapes morphogenesis (adaptive changes), maintaining family cohesion at a distance, although it can erode the boundaries and norms of the parental subsystem. Teachers observed a marked decrease in interactive activities and learning deficits, a consequence of cell phone dependence, which displaces playful activities in recreational spaces such as the school environment. In relation to the systemic theory proposed by John Bell, this reflects systemic symptoms of transactional imbalance that shift from the family environment to the educational one, impacting group homeostasis.