Use of ICT: Possible links with cognitive and interpersonal skills in an adolescents group
Authors
Gabriela Raynaudo, Ana BorgobelloFiles
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Journal
Published in Vol. 27 No. 53 (2016) of Ciencia, Docencia y Tecnología.
Ciencia, Docencia y Tecnología is a refereed, multidisciplinary open access scientific journal that aims to contribute to the development of scientific knowledge in Argentina and Latin America. Since 1990 it has been edited and funded by the National University of Entre Ríos and publishes original research articles in Spanish and Portuguese by national and international researchers. Until 2020, CDyT was published in May and November. As of Num. 62 may-ago (2021), it adopts the continuous publication mode, publishing three issues in April, August and December.
About the JournalAbstract
Major changes have taken place on everyday life because of the insertion of technologies of information and communication (ICT). This paper aim is to describe habits usage of technologies and cognitive and interpersonal skills with the objective of finding possible relations. Nineteen adolescents 15-16-17 years old participated. Surveys about ICT usage habits and interpersonal abilities were administered along with six subtest of the WISC-III battery. On a descriptive level, we found relations between the tests scores and the screen use declared. Nevertheless no statistically significant differences were found. In general, the most expose subjects performed better on cognitive tests and the minus expose group in interpersonal abilities tasks.
