Influencia de la red social WhatsApp en la relación padres e hijos adolescentes de la población trabajadora de una empresa en la ciudad de Guayaquil en el año 2019.

Abstract

This research work will allow acquiring more knowledge about how technology influences social interaction between parents and teenage children, it is composed of five chapters, focusing on the method of mixed research; since the perspectives are considered under the individual, affective, social parameters between parents and children and how the intermediation of the internet, social networks, technology, in itself, influences this type of relationship. This article presents a theoretical review of the impact, both positive and negative, of the WhatsApp social network on adolescents and the direct relationship between them and the use or abuse of new technologies, in turn, the link between forms is established. If used and individual psychological characteristics, previous personality developments and parental control, emphasis is placed on supervision and control strategies. The positive aspects that the new technologies offer such as learning opportunities, entertainment, socialization, skills development, creativity and improvement of learning motivation especially in adolescents, etc., and the negative aspects associated with emotional distancing, loss, are detailed, limits in communication and loss of listening ability, among others. This article highlights the need to deliver and stimulate real social communication models and an education in the use of new technologies. The objective is to update and guide health professionals on the positive and / or negative aspects of social networks in adolescents.