An observational study on digital addiction among school-going children of adolescent age group
Background: Behavioral addiction is a form of addiction that involves a compulsion to engage in a rewarding nonsubstance-related behavior called a natural reward, despite any adverse consequences to the person’s physical, mental, social, or financial well-being. Increased new gadget development, as...
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| author | Katyayani Kolli Sai Kiran Pasupula Vaddadi Venkat Kiran Vishnu Gopinadhan Nair BR Sandra Neeli Uma Jyothi |
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Behavioral addiction is a form of addiction that involves a compulsion to engage in a rewarding nonsubstance-related behavior called a natural reward, despite any adverse consequences to the person’s physical, mental, social, or financial well-being. Increased new gadget development, as well as remote teaching for children via apps, software, and recreational environments, have resulted in increased time spent with digital media at the expense of regular functioning. Its impact is more among school-going children and adolescents. The main objective of the study is to study the prevalence of digital addiction among school-going children.
Methodology:
This observational study comprised 289 school students from one school. The age range of subjects ranged between 12 and 16 years. A pretested and prevalidated questionnaire for addiction was done. Digital Addiction Scale for Children (DASC) is a simple self-report that comprises 25 questions based on the emerging clinical criteria used to diagnose addictive behavioral disorders.
Results:
The current study comprised 289 school students from one school. The age range of subjects ranged between 12 and 16 years with gender distribution of 134 males and 156 females, respectively. The total mean DASC score among females and males is 49.14 and 47.85, respectively.
Conclusion:
The prevalence of digital addiction is on alarming rise among school-going children. Awareness and effective treatment strategies need to be created for the well-being of future generation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-78fe8c2b393e4bb59bd3b3fedfe483182025-01-07T10:02:21ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsTelangana Journal of Psychiatry2772-87062455-85592024-12-0110215115610.4103/tjp.tjp_36_24An observational study on digital addiction among school-going children of adolescent age groupKatyayani KolliSai Kiran PasupulaVaddadi Venkat KiranVishnu Gopinadhan NairBR SandraNeeli Uma JyothiBackground: Behavioral addiction is a form of addiction that involves a compulsion to engage in a rewarding nonsubstance-related behavior called a natural reward, despite any adverse consequences to the person’s physical, mental, social, or financial well-being. Increased new gadget development, as well as remote teaching for children via apps, software, and recreational environments, have resulted in increased time spent with digital media at the expense of regular functioning. Its impact is more among school-going children and adolescents. The main objective of the study is to study the prevalence of digital addiction among school-going children. Methodology: This observational study comprised 289 school students from one school. The age range of subjects ranged between 12 and 16 years. A pretested and prevalidated questionnaire for addiction was done. Digital Addiction Scale for Children (DASC) is a simple self-report that comprises 25 questions based on the emerging clinical criteria used to diagnose addictive behavioral disorders. Results: The current study comprised 289 school students from one school. The age range of subjects ranged between 12 and 16 years with gender distribution of 134 males and 156 females, respectively. The total mean DASC score among females and males is 49.14 and 47.85, respectively. Conclusion: The prevalence of digital addiction is on alarming rise among school-going children. Awareness and effective treatment strategies need to be created for the well-being of future generation.https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/tjp.tjp_36_24digital addictiondigital mediaschoolchildren |
| spellingShingle | Katyayani Kolli Sai Kiran Pasupula Vaddadi Venkat Kiran Vishnu Gopinadhan Nair BR Sandra Neeli Uma Jyothi An observational study on digital addiction among school-going children of adolescent age group Telangana Journal of Psychiatry digital addiction digital media schoolchildren |
| title | An observational study on digital addiction among school-going children of adolescent age group |
| title_full | An observational study on digital addiction among school-going children of adolescent age group |
| title_fullStr | An observational study on digital addiction among school-going children of adolescent age group |
| title_full_unstemmed | An observational study on digital addiction among school-going children of adolescent age group |
| title_short | An observational study on digital addiction among school-going children of adolescent age group |
| title_sort | observational study on digital addiction among school going children of adolescent age group |
| topic | digital addiction digital media schoolchildren |
| url | https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/tjp.tjp_36_24 |
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