Rial Boubeta, AntonioBraña Tobío, TeresaSanmartín Feijóo, Sandra2022-07-042022-07-042022http://hdl.handle.net/10347/28872This dissertation has been carried out in the framework of a research team with a line of work started more than a decade ago and aimed to analyse and understand the use that the adolescents are making of Information and Communication Technologies [ICTs]. The integration of the gender perspective as analytical approach should contribute to a greater understanding of how females and males relate to the ICTs, which results in many cases in a maladaptive use, may it be through a Problematic Internet Use itself or the occurrence of a range of online risky behaviours. To achieve the objectives of this thesis, a sample of 41,137 students was collected in collaboration with UNICEF Spain. The results obtained will favour the development of evidence-based prevention measures taking into account the specific needs of females.engAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/AdolescenceGenderProblematic Internet UseOnline risk behavioursPreventionMaterias::Investigación::61 Psicología::6105 Evaluación y diagnóstico en psicología::610504 EstadísticaMaterias::Investigación::61 Psicología::6101 Patología::610101 Desordenes del comportamientodoctoral thesisopen access