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Paper Title
Effectiveness of Snake and Ladder game on knowledge regarding health hazards of electronic gadgets among adolescents at selected colleges, Puducherry
Authors
Ms. S. Anusuya , Mrs. R. Sindhumathi , Dr. M. Jeyagowri , MR. K. Prem
Keywords
Snake and Ladder game, Health hazards of electronic gadget
Abstract
Introduction: Electronic gadgets are a part of our daily life. Electronic gadgets affect our ability to communicate effectively. Nowadays you don’t need a dictionary to find the meaning of the words you have to type it on your phone. The number of people who own electronic gadgets has steadily increased and the dependency on them too. According to a report of the social talks in January (2021), there were 4.66 billion active internet users worldwide 59.5 percent of the global population. Of this total, 92.6 percent (4.32 billion) accessed the internet via mobile devices. Objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Snake and Ladder game on knowledge regarding the health hazards of electronic gadgets among adolescents. Method: A pre-experimental design was used in this study. A total of 30 students were selected by using a purposive sampling technique. The Self-structured questionnaire was used to collect data. Findings: The results revealed that most of the adolescents 17(56.7%) had inadequate knowledge, 7(23.3%) had moderate knowledge and 6(20.0) had adequate knowledge in the pre-test and the post-test after the intervention, 29(96.7%) had adequate knowledge and 1(3.3%) had moderate knowledge. The findings of the study show that there is a significant difference between the effectiveness of the pre-test and post-test scores of knowledge regarding health hazards of electronic gadgets among adolescents after the intervention, respectively. The demographic variables Age, Hours of gadgets use, and knowing about health hazards showed significant associations between the pre-test score of the knowledge regarding health hazards of electronic gadgets among adolescents with selected demographic variables in the experimental group. Conclusion: In this study, Snake and Ladder game shows improvement in the student’s knowledge regarding the health hazards of electronic gadgets.
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Anusuya, S., Sindhumathi, R., Jeyagowri, M., & Prem, K. (2024). Effectiveness of Snake and Ladder game on knowledge regarding health hazards of electronic gadgets among adolescents at selected colleges, Puducherry. International Journal for Research Trends and Innovation, 9(2), 121 - 127. https://ijrti.org/viewpaperforall.php?paper=IJRTI2402021
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Anusuya, S., et al. "Effectiveness of Snake and Ladder game on knowledge regarding health hazards of electronic gadgets among adolescents at selected colleges, Puducherry." International Journal for Research Trends and Innovation, vol. 9, no. 2, 2024, pp. 121 - 127, https://ijrti.org/viewpaperforall.php?paper=IJRTI2402021.
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Anusuya, S., et al. "Effectiveness of Snake and Ladder game on knowledge regarding health hazards of electronic gadgets among adolescents at selected colleges, Puducherry." International Journal for Research Trends and Innovation 9, no. 2 (2024): 121 - 127. https://ijrti.org/viewpaperforall.php?paper=IJRTI2402021.
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Anusuya, S. et al. (2024) 'Effectiveness of Snake and Ladder game on knowledge regarding health hazards of electronic gadgets among adolescents at selected colleges, Puducherry', International Journal for Research Trends and Innovation, 9(2), pp. 121 - 127. Available at: https://ijrti.org/viewpaperforall.php?paper=IJRTI2402021
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S. Anusuya, R. Sindhumathi, M. Jeyagowri and K. Prem, "Effectiveness of Snake and Ladder game on knowledge regarding health hazards of electronic gadgets among adolescents at selected colleges, Puducherry," IJRTI, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 121 - 127, Feb. 2024.
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Anusuya S, Sindhumathi R, Jeyagowri M, Prem K. Effectiveness of Snake and Ladder game on knowledge regarding health hazards of electronic gadgets among adolescents at selected colleges, Puducherry. IJRTI. 2024 Feb;9(2):121 - 127.
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Anusuya S, Sindhumathi R, Jeyagowri M, Prem K. Effectiveness of Snake and Ladder game on knowledge regarding health hazards of electronic gadgets among adolescents at selected colleges, Puducherry. IJRTI. 2024;9(2):121 - 127. Accessed at https://ijrti.org/viewpaperforall.php?paper=IJRTI2402021
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@article{IJRTI2402021,
author = {S. Anusuya and R. Sindhumathi and M. Jeyagowri and K. Prem},
title = {Effectiveness of Snake and Ladder game on knowledge regarding health hazards of electronic gadgets among adolescents at selected colleges, Puducherry},
journal = {International Journal for Research Trends and Innovation},
volume = {9},
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pages = {121 - 127},
year = {2024},
month = {February},
issn = {2456-3315},
url = {https://ijrti.org/viewpaperforall.php?paper=IJRTI2402021}
}
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