SIGNIFICADOS QUE ATRIBUYEN LOS ESTUDIANTES UNIVERSITARIOS AL EFECTO DE BINGE-WATCHING EN SUS PATRONES DE DESEMPEÑO OCUPACIONAL.

Binge-watching is a phenomenon that involves the action of watching several chapters of a television series in digital format continuously, which produces effects to which students attribute meanings related to their occupational performance patterns. This being so, it is worth asking: What are the meanings that university students attribute to the effect of binge-watching on their occupational performance patterns? To this end, the article examines how this phenomenon occurs from a qualitative approach, collecting intentional data from 13 informants through semi-structured interviews. Identifying categories of analysis regarding the influence of binge-watching in students in their habits, routines, roles, feelings and emotions linked to it. As well as emerging categories such as the influence of COVID-19 on students' social interaction. The article manages to identify that the binge-watching affects in the habits and routines of university students, causing feelings of guilt, on the other hand, facilitates social interaction. It highlights the need to attempt research to understand how binge-watching influences occupational roles in different age ranges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]