A STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING INTERNET GAMING DISORDER AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN GOVERNMENT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL KAMALESWARAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.

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Volume : IX, Issue : III, March - 2020

A STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING INTERNET GAMING DISORDER AMONG ADOLESCENTS IN GOVERNMENT HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL KAMALESWARAM, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM.

Renu. S

Abstract :

The internet is a network that consists of private, public, academic, business and government networks of local to global scope, linked by a board array of electronic, wireless and optical networking technologies. The study was “to assess the knowledge regarding internet gaming disorder among adolescents in Government higher secondary school, Kamaleswaram. Objectives of study to assess the knowledge regarding internet gaming disorder among adolescents, to find out the association between the knowledge and the selected demographic data. The hypothesis “there will be a significant association between knowledge and selected demographic variables of adolescents”. The researcher used quantitative research approach on Non experimental descriptive research approach. The variables are age, gender, education, anch of study, number of siblings, area of residence, occupation and income of parents. By convenient sampling technique, we selected 60 samples of age group between 15–17 years. Tools are knowledge assessed by self–administered questionnaire.