Assessment of the Level of Awareness on Negative Impact on Playing Mobile Games among High School Students in Selected Higher Secondary School, Kanchipuram District, Tamilnadu

Abstract

The research project was to assess the level of awareness of negative impact of playing mobile games
among high school students in a selected higher secondary school, Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu India.
The objectives of the study were to assess the level of awareness on negative impact of playing mobile
games among the high school students and to find out the association between the level of awareness on
negative impact of playing mobile games with selected demographic variables of high school students.
There were two stage of sampling technique such as stage I (purposive sampling technique) and stage II
(simple random technique -lottery method) with samples of 175 high school students. An extensive review
of literature on negative impact of playing mobile games were gathered. Demographic variable porforma
and self structured tool were used to collect the data on level of awareness on negative impact of playing
mobile game among high school students. The collected data were tabulated and analyzed. The mean value
is 37.71 and standard deviation value is 1.75 and 33% were low level of awareness, 44% were moderate
level of awareness, 23% were of high level of awareness on negative impact of playing mobile game among
high school students. There were significant association between the level of awareness on negative impact
of playing mobile games among high school students of age, gender, standard,number of mobile used at
home, wearing spectacles, family income and BMI . According to the level of awareness health education
given on negative impact on playing mobile games to the high school students.