The negative impact of technological advancements on mental health: An epidemiological approach
| dc.contributor.author | Zara M.C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Monteiro L.H.A. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-03-12T19:20:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-03-12T19:20:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.description.abstract | © 2020 Elsevier Inc.Internet and smartphone are inventions that have brought significant benefits to humanity. However, many individuals have become addicted to using these technologies and, as a consequence, they experience negative mental effects. The home confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic may have worsened this situation. Here, an epidemic model is proposed to represent the spread of the problematic technology use. The model is written as a set of differential equations, which describes the time evolution of the numbers of non-users, light/moderate users, heavy users, and problematic users. This model presents a single endemic steady-state, which is asymptotically stable. This result is illustrated by numerical simulations and its relevance is examined from a public health perspective. | |
| dc.description.volume | 396 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.amc.2020.125905 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0096-3003 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.mackenzie.br/handle/10899/34671 | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Applied Mathematics and Computation | |
| dc.rights | Acesso Restrito | |
| dc.subject.otherlanguage | Dynamical systems | |
| dc.subject.otherlanguage | Epidemic model | |
| dc.subject.otherlanguage | Internet | |
| dc.subject.otherlanguage | Problematic use | |
| dc.subject.otherlanguage | Smartphone | |
| dc.title | The negative impact of technological advancements on mental health: An epidemiological approach | |
| dc.type | Artigo | |
| local.scopus.citations | 5 | |
| local.scopus.eid | 2-s2.0-85098861909 | |
| local.scopus.subject | Asymptotically stable | |
| local.scopus.subject | Epidemic modeling | |
| local.scopus.subject | Health perspective | |
| local.scopus.subject | Mental health | |
| local.scopus.subject | Steady state | |
| local.scopus.subject | Technological advancement | |
| local.scopus.subject | Technology use | |
| local.scopus.subject | Time evolutions | |
| local.scopus.updated | 2024-12-01 | |
| local.scopus.url | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85098861909&origin=inward |