Dependência de jogos e de smartphones: influências dos afetos e da solidão

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/apl/a.15976
Título de la obra: "Perspectivas". Artista: Vanessa Daly dos Santos

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Publicado: may 20, 2026
Edição: v. 43 n. 2 (2025): Avances en Psicología Latinoamericana 43(2)
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Palavras-chave: dependência de smartphone dependência de jogos afetos solidão

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  Layrtthon Carlos de Oliveira Santos
Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
  José Ryan Lopes Cabral
University Center of Patos (UNIFIP), Patos, Paraíba, Brazil
  Anderson Mesquita do do Nascimento
State University of Minas Gerais (UEMG), Brazil
  Washington Allysson Dantas Silva
University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
  Tailson Evangelista Mariano
Catholic University of Pernambuco (UNICAP), Brazil
  Jéssica Alves da Costa
University Center of Patos (UNIFIP), Patos, Paraíba, Brazil

Resumo

Este estudo examinou as relações entre dependencia de smartphone, dependência de jogos on-line, afetos e solidão, testando os afetos como mediadores. Participaram da pesquisa 459 jogadores on-line do tipo multijogador, com idades entre 18 e 60 anos, que responderam a medidas de dependência de smartphone, dependência de jogos, solidão, afeto e dados demográficos. Os resultados indicam que a dependência de jogos estava positivamente associada à dependencia de smartphone, à solidão e ao afeto negativo, e negativamente associada ao afeto positivo e à idade. As análises de regressão indicaram que a dependência de smartphone, o afeto positivo e o afeto negativo previram significativamente a dependência de jogos, explicando 34 % de sua variância, enquanto a solidão não previu diretamente a dependência de jogos. As análises de mediação revelaram que o afeto negativo mediou os efeitos indiretos tanto da dependência de smartphone quanto da solidão sobre a dependência de jogos; por sua vez, o afeto positivo mediou apenas o efeito indireto da dependência de smartphone sobre a dependência de jogos. Esses achados contribuem para a compreensão dos mecanismos psicológicos subjacentes ao uso disfuncional de tecnologias e sugerem que promover afetos positivos pode ser um importante fator de proteção contra a dependência de smartphones e de jogos.

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Santos, L. C. de O., Cabral, J. R. L., do Nascimento, A. M. do, Silva, W. A. D., Mariano, T. E., & da Costa, J. A. (2026). Dependência de jogos e de smartphones: influências dos afetos e da solidão. Avances En Psicología Latinoamericana , 43(2). https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/apl/a.15976
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