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Title: IMPACT OF USE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES ON THE LIFESTYLE OF SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NAVI MUMBAI
Authors: Suparna Deepak
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Suparna Deepak Department of Biotechnology, Pillai College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Panvel.
MLA 8 Deepak, Suparna. "IMPACT OF USE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES ON THE LIFESTYLE OF SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NAVI MUMBAI." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 3, no. 8, Aug. 2018, pp. 3850-3856, ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=267. Accessed Aug. 2018. APA Deepak, S. (2018, August). IMPACT OF USE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES ON THE LIFESTYLE OF SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NAVI MUMBAI. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 3(8), 3850-3856. Retrieved from ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=267 Chicago Deepak, Suparna. "IMPACT OF USE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES ON THE LIFESTYLE OF SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NAVI MUMBAI." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 3, no. 8 (August 2018), 3850-3856. Accessed August, 2018. ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=267.
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Abstract: Technological advances have led to many inventions like TV, computers, mobiles, tablet, Ipads, play stations and many more that fascinates both younger and elderly population. This fascination leads to addictive usage of electronic devices which overrides the daily activities especially in young adolescents. This study was done as a cross sectional study during Jan 2015 with the objectives of assessing the over usage of electronic devices and its effects among school going adolescent population from different randomly selected areas in Navi Mumbai. Data collection was done using the preformed predetermined questionnaire by personal interview, after getting informed consent from the participants and ensuring them about strict confidentiality about their identity. This research study aimed to determine and identify all the possible positive and negative effects of using electronic devices to the lifestyle and study habits of school students. The results of this study are interim wherein, total of 551 were studied in which the mean age of the study population was 11 years with the range of 5 to 15 years, majority (64%) of them were males. The gathered data and results confirmed that using electronic device is a factor that distracts or steals away the attention and focus of students. The over usage of electronic devices led to academic hindrance and health problems like headache, sleep disturbances and fatigue, etc. Our study had explored that preventing excessive use of the electronic devices will reduce most of the physical and psychosocial health problems.

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