A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE AWARENESS REGARDING HARMFUL EFFECT OF MOBILE GAMING AND THEIR SELECTED COPING MECHANISM AMONG THE MOTHERS OF ADOLESCENTS AT SELECTED URBAN COMMUNITY, AJMER, RAJASTHAN.

Author Name: 1. Dr Jogendra Kumar Sharma, 2. Dr. Samta Soni, 3.Mrs. Anju Badola

Volume/Issue: 04/11

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/05.2024-58268634/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. Principal, Govt College of Nursing, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
2. Faculty, Govt College of Nursing, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
3. M.Sc. (N), Govt College of Nursing, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.

ABSTRACT

Awareness regarding harmful effect of mobile gaming and their selected coping mechanism is necessary for the adolescent’s mother’s due today's technology‐dependent global population is constantly adopting to an unhealthy, sedentary lifestyle, putting them at risk for developing severe diseases and mental disorders. The study aimed to assess the awareness regarding harmful effect of mobile gaming and their selected coping mechanism among the mothers. A quantitative research approach and descriptive research design was used to conduct this study. The sample consisted of 60 mothers of adolescents and convenient sampling technique was used to select the samples. A structured awareness questionnaire was used to collect data from samples after getting consent and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings of the study showed that the majority of the participants (56.67%) had average awareness regarding mobile gaming and their selected coping mechanism, whereas 28.33% are having good awareness and 15% mothers have low awareness. The mean score of awareness was 14.46, mean % was 57.84% and SD was 5.04. The result of association between the level of awareness regarding harmful effect of mobile gaming and their selected coping mechanism among the mothers of adolescents with their selected socio demographic variables such as Age (χ2= 3.2213), Educational status (χ2= 8.1276-father) (χ2= 7.625-mother), No. of children in the family (χ2=4.1101), No. of children’s ranges age group (χ2=2.4753), Type of family (χ2= 1.07), Occupation (working/job status-mother) (χ2= 8.0341) at 0.05 level of significance.

Key words: Awareness, assess, mobile game, coping mechanism, harmful effect, adolescents and mother.