Impact of screen viewing on fear of rejection: A gendered perspective

The present study mainly focuses on the impact of screen viewing on fear of rejection and gender differences. A standardised questionnaire was used to assess fear of rejection and a self-structured questionnaire for screen viewing. The questionnaire included thoughts about fear of rejection and screen viewing. Data was taken from a total of 600 students from Ludhiana among government school (300) and private school (300), equally distributed across two genders. It was found that there were significant gender differences in fear of rejection where boys superseded girls in the dimension of exclusion and girls superseded boys in the dimension of rejection sensitivity. It was found that fear of rejection was prevailing among adolescents. Significant gender difference was found between government and private school boys and girls. Significant positive correlation was found between government and private school adolescents. The overall correlation among fear of rejection and screen viewing was found non-significant. While, exploring gender differences in correlation, it was found that in case of boys the fear of rejection was found significantly negatively correlated for rejection sensitivity which means more screen viewing leads to less rejection sensitivity.