Internet, mídias sociais e tecnologias: estudo sobre motivação, ansiedade e depressão em ingressantes no ensino superior

Abstract

The use and application of digital technologies for teaching and learning in Higher Education have been the object of study in the areas of Education, Communication and Educational Psychology in the last decade. Understanding the relationship between these technologies, their use in the current scenario in teaching and the expansion of the use of social media among students, implies exploring, knowing and debating about trends and impacts on the behavior of this population. The scientific and social relevance of this study comes from the need to better understand the current phenomena on the use of the internet, social media and technologies in general, filling a gap in the productions that accompany the current university student who has already developed and gone through adolescence. in the course of using the internet in personal and academic life. The study seeks to understand the relationship between the use of the internet, social media and technologies and the impact on the emotional conditions of students entering the higher level of a Private University in the city of Santos - São Paulo and aspects of motivation, anxiety and depression arising from this relationship. Thus, in addition to identifying the sources that cause and potentiate the problem, it also seeks to describe the relationship between student vs use of technology (internet and social media), based on time, type and form of use and possible emotional consequences arising from the process. The method used was quantitative research (T1), using the Google Forms form, with groups entering classes in: exact, human and health areas, with 100 (one hundred) students from such classes being analyzed with questions related to aspects of anxiety, depression and motivation. Based on the results presented in T1, students from the aforementioned areas were selected, where, based on identification by codes and prior agreement, they were invited to participate in Stage 2 - (T2) Qualitative Research, through a Focus Group and divided into specific discussions to the themes of: Anxiety (4), Depression (5) and Motivation (10). The study of this phase followed Laurence Bardin's Content Analysis criteria. The data obtained in the two stages were considered for the statistical analytical work that presents sociodemographic correlations with the inventory on anxiety, depression and motivation.