University of the Basque Country, Spain

Adolescents and young people caught in the web

Currently, the use of the Internet has turned into the way to connect, communicate and spend your free time as well as a means to sexual satisfaction among adolescents and young people, known as digital orphans and the virtual generation. This symposium puts forward several researches related to how adolescents and young people get trapped online: (1) Young people and adolescents that play online: Consequence of gambling and sports betting online. The changes suffered due to the new technologies, its access and how the personal profile of the players has changed, will be described. There are differences between young and adolescent pathological players, and those that do not have problems with gambling; (2) Young people and adolescents addicted to Facebook: Sexual risk behaviours on the Internet. This study investigates the profile of the youth and adolescents that show sexual behaviours by publishing photographs on social networks, from which gender differences were found in this type of behaviour; (3) Addictions risks and personality factors. In this study the differences between adolescents with and without risk of social network addiction are analysed and the results from the correlations between addiction and the following personality factors will be presented: neuroticism, extraversion, disinhibition, general self-esteem, body-social image and narcissism. (4) Trapped online: An assessment strategy. An assessment instrument will be presented to identify social network and Internet addiction. It is made up of 29 items, grouped into four factors: Signs of addiction, Social Use, Freakish Traits and Nomophobia. Differences depending on age and gender will be established and the results of the test´s psychometric properties will be shown. 

Health Psychologist, she forms part of the Research Teachers of the Psychology Faculty at the UPV. Master in Family and Couples Therapy supported by the "Spanish Federation of Psychotherapy" (FEAP). She has collaborated in research projects and obtained a Pre-Doctoral Fellowship by the Basque Government. Among her publications are: Body Esteem, virtual publications and sexuality in adolescents. The physicality of adolescents on social networks, Harassment via sexting on social networks and associated risk factors. She has taught courses at various conferences and professional forums both educational and clinical-social, especially on risk factors on social networks, prevention and intervention, and child diagnosis through drawing.