Education for Sustainable Development: The Impact of the Values in Mobile Phone Addiction

Gladys Merma-Molina, Diego Gavilán-Martín and Juan-Francisco Álvarez-Herrero
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Gladys Merma-Molina: Department of General and Specific Didactics, Faculty of Educacion, University of Alicante, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain
Diego Gavilán-Martín: Department of General and Specific Didactics, Faculty of Educacion, University of Alicante, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain
Juan-Francisco Álvarez-Herrero: Department of General and Specific Didactics, Faculty of Educacion, University of Alicante, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 3, 1-17

Abstract: The key competences for sustainable development, among which is digital competence, will not be achieved without the integration of values in education. The objective of this research was to identify and analyze the relationships between the values taught in schools and mobile addiction. The study design was predictive correlational. The sample consisted of 1453 students of primary and secondary education (61.3% women; 38.7% men). The findings have shown a significant correlation between the values taught in schools and mobile phone addiction. It is concluded that the greater the formation of values, the less the mobile addiction. These correlations are especially significant regarding social values such as solidarity, inclusion, and justice, and personal values such as enthusiasm, patience, impartiality, openness of ideas, honesty, and balance. Likewise, there are significant differences depending on the educational stage; the younger the age, the less the mobile addiction.

Keywords: values; addiction; mobile phone; Sustainable Development Goals; adolescence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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