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ThesisItem Restricted Quantitative and qualitative assessment of social support and digital addiction as correlates of purpose in life among adolescents(Punjab Agricultural University, 2024) Vitasta; Kang, Tejpreet KaurThe purpose of the present study was to ascertain the relationship of social support and digital addiction with purpose in life among adolescents. It also aimed to conduct case studies of identified typical adolescents with clarity or confusion of purpose in life. The study was conducted in two phases: phase I (quantitative phase) was based upon a sample of 500 adolescents in the age group of 16-18 years and was equally distributed across gender and locale. In phase II, 4 typical adolescents with clarity (2) and confusion (2) of purpose in life were selected to conduct case studies. A self-structured demographic information sheet, Child and Adolescent Social Support Scale (Malecki and Demaray 2002), Internet Addiction Test (Young 1995) and The Youth Purpose in Life Scale (Chaddha and Bano 2018) were used to collect the relevant data. Results revealed that girls perceived more social support and had higher purpose in life as compared to boys. Further, adolescent boys displayed higher digital addiction as compared to girls. Locale differences showed that urban adolescents significantly had better social support and scored more in commitment towards goals, society-oriented goals and overall purpose in life as compared to rural adolescents. Significant locale differences were observed in digital addiction where urban adolescents displayed higher digital addiction as compared to rural adolescents. Correlational analysis revealed that purpose in life was significantly and positively correlated with social support. A statistically significant negative correlation existed between purpose in life and digital addiction.
