INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT International Peer Reviewed & Refereed Journals, Open Access Journal ISSN Approved Journal No: 2456-4184 | Impact factor: 8.76 | ESTD Year: 2016
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Internet addiction is an emerging issue in which children spend lots of time in online and eventually
loss connection with the outer world especially with the family. It may badly affect their family
interaction patterns. Internet can be considered as an innovation in the field of technology. But the
over dependency in internet may cause significant impairment in family life especially among
adolescents. As it is a serious issue the researcher tried to find out the adolescent’s internet
addiction and how it affects their family interaction pattern. For this the researcher selected 60
students between the age group 15-17 studying in higher secondary schools of Meenachil Taluk.
The design adopted is diagnostic research design. The data is collected by using standardized scale
named Internet Addiction Test (IAT) and Family Interaction Pattern Scale. Purposive sampling is
used to collect the data. The data obtained was analyzed by using both descriptive and inferential
statistics. Correlation and t-test were used as inferential statistics. Researcher identified that even
though the internet addiction doesn’t affect family interaction pattern but the 48% of the total
sample reached moderate level of addiction needed to pay attention.
Keywords:
Internet addiction, family interaction pattern, adolescents
Cite Article:
"Internet Addiction and Family Interaction Pattern among Adolescents with special reference to Meenachil Taluk in Kottayam District", International Journal of Novel Research and Development (www.ijnrd.org), ISSN:2456-4184, Vol.7, Issue 9, page no.1614-1620, September-2022, Available :http://www.ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2209192.pdf
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