Analysis of Occupational Balance and Its Relation to Problematic Internet Use in University Occupational Therapy Students
(1) Objective: to explore and describe the relationship between the occupational balance of university students taking a Degree in Occupational Therapy and the problematic use of the Internet and how these, in turn, favour or not the appearance of phubbing behaviour which involves “a behaviour that...
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doaj-02f12406406d43dea0244a523e7c444b2021-02-12T00:04:57ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322021-02-01919719710.3390/healthcare9020197Analysis of Occupational Balance and Its Relation to Problematic Internet Use in University Occupational Therapy StudentsAlejandro Romero-Tébar0Marta Rodríguez-Hernández1Antonio Segura-Fragoso2Pablo A. Cantero-Garlito3Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Castilla La Mancha, 45600 Talavera de la Reina, SpainFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Castilla La Mancha, 45600 Talavera de la Reina, SpainFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Castilla La Mancha, 45600 Talavera de la Reina, SpainFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Castilla La Mancha, 45600 Talavera de la Reina, Spain(1) Objective: to explore and describe the relationship between the occupational balance of university students taking a Degree in Occupational Therapy and the problematic use of the Internet and how these, in turn, favour or not the appearance of phubbing behaviour which involves “a behaviour that happens when an individual looks at his mobile phone during a conversation with other individuals, escaping from interpersonal communication”. (2) Methods: this is a quantitative descriptive study of an observational and cross-sectional nature, not experimental. The Spanish version of the Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ-E), the Internet Addiction Test and the Phubbing Scale were used for data collection. 192 university students taking the Degree in Occupational Therapy of the University of Castilla–La Mancha participated (168 women and 24 men). (3) Results: the average score obtained in the OBQ-E was 38.7, indicating a moderate occupational balance; and (4) Conclusions: occupational therapy students from the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Castilla–La Mancha have a moderate occupational balance. Furthermore, this is negatively related to both problematic Internet use and phubbing, so a higher occupational balance indicates less Internet addiction and less phubbing.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/9/2/197occupational balanceinternet addictionproblematic internet usephubbinguniversity students |
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Analysis of Occupational Balance and Its Relation to Problematic Internet Use in University Occupational Therapy Students |
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Analysis of Occupational Balance and Its Relation to Problematic Internet Use in University Occupational Therapy Students |
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Analysis of Occupational Balance and Its Relation to Problematic Internet Use in University Occupational Therapy Students |
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Analysis of Occupational Balance and Its Relation to Problematic Internet Use in University Occupational Therapy Students |
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analysis of occupational balance and its relation to problematic internet use in university occupational therapy students |
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(1) Objective: to explore and describe the relationship between the occupational balance of university students taking a Degree in Occupational Therapy and the problematic use of the Internet and how these, in turn, favour or not the appearance of phubbing behaviour which involves “a behaviour that happens when an individual looks at his mobile phone during a conversation with other individuals, escaping from interpersonal communication”. (2) Methods: this is a quantitative descriptive study of an observational and cross-sectional nature, not experimental. The Spanish version of the Occupational Balance Questionnaire (OBQ-E), the Internet Addiction Test and the Phubbing Scale were used for data collection. 192 university students taking the Degree in Occupational Therapy of the University of Castilla–La Mancha participated (168 women and 24 men). (3) Results: the average score obtained in the OBQ-E was 38.7, indicating a moderate occupational balance; and (4) Conclusions: occupational therapy students from the Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Castilla–La Mancha have a moderate occupational balance. Furthermore, this is negatively related to both problematic Internet use and phubbing, so a higher occupational balance indicates less Internet addiction and less phubbing. |
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occupational balance internet addiction problematic internet use phubbing university students |
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