Research Article | Open Access
“A STUDY TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF INTERNET USAGE AND ASSOCIATED BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS AMONGADOLESCENTS IN SELECTED COLLEGES OF PUNE CITY.”
Mr. Kenneth Vinitkumar Kekal Dr. Sonopant G Joshi
Pages: 6308-6403
Abstract
It is "Research to analyze the effect of internet use and related behavioral disorders among
adolescents in selected institutions of Pune city,". The goal was to determine how much
information there was about prenatal internet use among teenagers, as well as the behavioral
difficulties that came with it. Methods and Materials: The researcher used a descriptive
non- experimental design. A total of 100 samples were tested. The approach of nonprobability purposive sampling was adopted. Structured Scale of Likert Questionnaires on the
relationship between internet use and behavioral issues. The majority of the data analysis was
done via descriptive statistics. Result: Findings related to amount of internet usage among
adolescent majority 47% were having moderate internet usage, 46% were having mild
internet usage and 7%were having severe internet usage. The mean score was 36.44 with SD
10.19. Behavioural problems among adolescent found 52% were having mild behavioural
problem, 42% were having moderate behavioural problem and 6% were having severe
behavioural problem. The mean scorewas 31.95 with SD 9.92. Conclusion: There is strong
positive correlation between higher the internet usage was more the behavioral problems;
there is no association among the demographicvariables with internet usage and behavioral
problems.
Keywords
Assess, Impact, Internet usage, Behavioral problem, Adolescents