Influence of Television Viewing on Psychological Well-Being and Academic Achievement of Government High School Students
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2016-06
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University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad
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The present study was to know the “Influence of television viewing on psychological well-being and academic achievement of Government High School students” carried out in Dharwad taluk, Karnataka. The sample comprised of 240 high school students of whom 120 were from rural and 120 from urban areas selected randomly. Tools employed for the study were self-structured questionnaire on television viewing habits, standardised measures of psychological well-being scale and socio-economic status scale. Percentages, correlation coefficient, one way ANOVA, t test and chi- square were used for analysis of the data. The results of the present investigation revealed that 63 per cent of the students viewed television programmes from 2 to 6 hours on week days and 82 per cent of the students also viewed television for 2 to 6 hours on Sundays and holidays. Students viewed television programmes in seven different languages, but the most preferred languages were hindi (85 %) and kannada (57 %). Around 80 per cent of the students had developed the habit of viewing television during their homework and studies. Significant association and negative non-significant co-relation was found between student’s television viewing and their academic achievement. 8th and 9th standard students had spent more time to view television compared to 10th standard students. And non-significant association was found between television viewing and their level of psychological well-being. Significant association and relation were found between student’s psychological well-being and their academic achievement. The results also indicated that mother’s education had significant association with student’s academic achievement and father’s occupation had significant association with respect to television viewing time of the students. Non-significant difference was seen between television viewing time with locality and gender. Significant difference was found between urban students and rural students’ academic achievement.