Manisha Monaa*, Sony Kumaria, Nitin Anandb, Manoj Kumar Sharmab & Anand Kumar Thakurc
aDepartment of Yoga and Management, Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA), Bangalore, India
bDepartment of Clinical Psychology, Level III, Dr.MV Govindaswamy Centre, National Institute of Mental Health &
Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Institute of National Importance (INI), Bangalore, Karnataka, India
cUniversity Department of Zoology, Ranchi University, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Received : 14th December, 2023 ; Revised : 14th January, 2024
DOI:-https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14179655
Abstract– With the increase in time spent on screen, there are equally growing concerns that this might adversely affect psychological and social well-being. Previous studies have linked the overuse of technology leads to physical and psychological health problems among adolescents. The present study aims to understand the screen usage behavior, and health issues faced by adolescents due to excessive screen use and to know the awareness levels and opinions of students, parents, and teachers about yoga practice as a therapeutic tool to address the problems associated with increased screen use. A needs assessment survey was conducted to understand the concerns related to excessive screen usage behavior of adolescents. This survey was conducted among students, teachers, and parents. This assessment focused on the health-based need to address excessive screen usage among adolescents. A total of 3286 people participated in the current study of which 1528 were students, 923 were parents and 835 were teachers. Participants were from both rural and urban areas and included both males and females in all three groups. Although, both parents and teachers recognize the health hazards of excessive screen usage and reported that kids often spend more time on different social media and gaming platforms, they seem to be satisfied with the academic performance of their children. Moreover, students also were aware of the effect of their screen usage behavior on their health. Findings also indicate that majority of the parents were unaware of the WHO guidelines related to safe screen use. Students, parents as well as teachers feel that screen time is a significant health-related issue and yoga practice is a feasible therapeutic approach to control excessive screen time behavior.
Key words: Screen time, yoga, adolescent development, physical health, mental health
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