A study of the cognitive and the social skills towards the screen time among the adolescents

The study aims to compare the cognitive and social skills with respect to the screen time among the adolescents in Ambedkar Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, India. This research study employed an exploratory and descriptive research design. A web-based, structured Google form questionnaire was designed for the primary data collection from the adolescents and their parents. This study employed a sample size of 384. The study used KS test to check the normality of the cognitive and social skills data. A non-parametric Mann Witney U test was used to compare the cognitive and social skills with respect to the screen time. The study's findings concluded that cognitive and social skills were higher of the adolescents who had less than 2 hours of screen time. The SPSS 23.0 version software was used for statistical calculation and pictorial presentation.