A Study to Assess Knowledge on Selected Ill Effects of INTERNET Use among Adolescent Students in Government Higher Secondary School, Kamaleswaram, Thiruvananthapuram
Journal Title: Journal of Nursing Today - Year 2016, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
Internet is a massive widespread information infrastructure. Internet is a global network connecting millions of computers for exchanges of data, news and opinions. Our study is to assess the knowledge on selected ill effects of internet use among adolescent students in Government Higher Secondary School, Kamaleswaram, Thiruvananthapuram. The study objectives are to assess the knowledge of higher secondary students regarding selected ill effects of internet use and to determine the association between knowledge and selected demographic variables. The hypothesis of our study is that there will be adequate knowledge regarding internet use among adolescents and there will be significant association between knowledge and selected demographic variables. By purposive sampling technique, we selected 60 samples of age group 16-17 years from Government Higher Secondary School Kamaleswaram, Thiruvananthapuram. The knowledge was assessed by using self administered questionnaire. There is a significant statistical relationship between level of knowledge and selected demographic variables such as sex, monthly income of parents, place of residence and access to internet. But there is no statistical relationship between age, type of family, occupation of parents, education of parents, through whose phone to access internet and amount spend monthly for internet use. The research finding can be implemented on Nursing service, Nursing education, Nursing administration and Nursing research.
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Vidhyamol V, Anagha A. R, Aseem B.
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