INTERNET ADDICTION AND ITS EFFECTS ON LIFE STYLE OF THE ADOLESCENTS

Introduction:- Adolescence is a period of the lifecycle when individuals are managing multiple and complex developmental tasks. Negative impact of internet addiction which effects adolescentÂ's behavior, academics, working performance, family life, social relationships, physical health, and psychological well being. Statement of the Problem: “A study to assess the effectiveness of Structured Teaching Programme (STP) regarding internet addiction and its effects on life style of the adolescents at selected schools of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Methodology:-Quantitative approach was adopted and pre experimental one group pre- test and post-test study design was used. Multistage Stratified Simple Random Sampling technique was used to select the 1080 adolescents from selected urban private English medium Co. Ed higher secondary schools of Bhopal. Self Structured Questionnaires was used to collect the data and Structured Teaching Program (STP) was administered. Data analysis was done by Frequency and percentage distribution for socio demographic variables. Chi Square test was used to find out the association between pre-test knowledge and socio demographic variables. The Paired T Test was used to find the difference between pre test and post test knowledge. Statistical analysis of data done by using SPSS 20.0 Software. Results:- Results of the study revealed that majority of the variables like age, class, monthly family income and family type are significantly associated with pre test level of knowledge regarding internet addiction & its effects on life style of the adolescents. Pre-test knowledge regarding internet addiction prior to the administration of STP 543(50.3%) almost half of the participants had poor knowledge, 528(48.9%) had average knowledge and only 09(0.8%) had good knowledge. Post test knowledge regarding internet addiction after administration of STP 60 (5.6 %) had average knowledge and majority 1020 (94.4%) had good knowledge. The mean pre test knowledge score was 8.4481 (S.D = 2.39769) and mean post-test knowledge score was 18.6889 (S.D = 1.962245). Findings of comparison between pre- test and post-test knowledge regarding internet addiction & its effects on life style of the adolescents indicated highly significant (<0.0001*) difference. Conclusion:- The study findings highlighted that pre test and post test knowledge of participants having highly significant (<0.0001*) difference .Based on the findings this study concluded that majority of the adolescents knowledge improved after STP regarding internet addiction & its effects on life style of the adolescents.