Influence of Internet on Study habits and Academic Adjustment of Secondary level
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In the present study the investigator has made an attempt to know the effect of internet use on study habits and Academic Adjustment of secondary level school students. The sample consists 124 (64 boys and 60 girls) students studying in four secondary schools of Nallakunta area of Hyderabad city, Telangana State in India and were selected using purposive sampling method. Self developed Study Habits Inventory was used to know the study habits of secondary school students from five areas i.e Comprehension, Concentration, Task-Orientation, Interaction, and Recording. To know the level of academic adjustment of the same students a self developed Academic Adjustment Inventory has been taken for data collection. The data was analyzed using the statistics – the measures of central tendency, measures of variability and the t- test for testing significance of Hypotheses. The results revealed that there is no influence of internet use on the study habits and academic adjustment of internet users and non-users of secondary level school students.
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