Techno-Stress Levels in Students of Higher Education Institutions

Abstract: Currently, due to the health emergency, the use of TICs has increased, for this reason, this research analyzed attitudes towards the use of information and communication technologies in order to determine the psychosocial effects regarding TICs In higher education students, two dependent and independent variables were used, the sample consisted of 82 students, the information gathering instrument was the López Barbosa questionnaire, made up of 59 items and 4 subscales, the results were processed using the software SPSS Statistics 25, applying frequency tables, graphs and statistics such as V of  Cramer and alpha of Cronbach. The results showed that 50% of the population has a positive attitude towards TICs, and the remaining 50% high levels of stress, however, regarding addiction or effects of the use of TICs, 85.3% are above on the average scale, finally, in the subscale of dimension social networks and TICs in education, 90.2% disagree on the use of these tools as learning support. In conclusion, the use of TICs is proportionally related to technological stress, for that is pertinent to continue with these investigations comparing other variables such as gender, age, use of TICs, among others, correlating with the impact on the field of study, work, affective relationships, mood, and health.