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| Published: June 09, 2023
Relationship between Gadget Usage and Physical Health among Adolescents
Master of Science in Counselling Psychology, Global School of Counselling, Bangalore, India Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.192.20231102
DOI: 10.25215/1102.192
ABSTRACT
Gadget usage is a growing concern in our society today and many doesn’t even know that they are getting addicted to it until it’s too late and usage of gadgets is rapidly growing eve-ry year especially among adolescents. Adolescence period is a rapid changing period and, in this stage, they are adventurous and want to explore the world for more experience and it’s not surprise to wonder that today generation have all the access to discover all the hidden exposure of the world. This research follows a specific objective for determination of the relation between Gadget usage among Adolescents and their Physical health specifically with regard to Musculoskel-etal, Nutrition, Obesity, Sleep & Vision. The present study was carried out among 120 stu-dents (60 males and 60 females) from different schools in Bangalore and Delhi with the ages 14-17 years old. Data were collected using Gadget use scale by Jyoti Ranjan Muduli (Not a standardized tool) and Self-Formulate Questionnaire for measuring Physical health. Pearson product moment correlation between Gadget dependency and physical health was statistical-ly not significant.
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© 2023, Dalal, G.
Received: March 15, 2023; Revision Received: June 07, 2023; Accepted: June 09, 2023
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.192.20231102
10.25215/1102.192
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Published in Volume 11, Issue 2, April-June, 2023