The use and dependence on cell phones in undergraduate students

This text presents the results of a research carried out at the Universidad Veracruzana (UV), where a pilot instrument was applied to 91 university students that make up six areas of knowledge: Arts, Biological-Agricultural Sciences, Health Sciences, Economic- Administrative, Humanities and Technical, in the Xalapa region. Among the results, it stands out that 99% of the students at the UV use a smart phone (smartphone); 33.67% use it for 4 to 6 continuous hours; 52% prefer to use it at night, from 6:00 p.m. m. at 12:00 a. m .; and 76% use it when they are at home.