An Empirical Study of the Screen Time Effect on the Cognitive and Social skill of the Adolescent: A Regression Analysis-Enter Method

The study aims to determine the effect of the screen time on the cognitive and social skill of the adolescent. This research study employed an exploratory and descriptive research design, beginning with a preliminary pilot study among adolescent and their parents. A web-based, structured Google form questionnaire was designed for the primary data collection from the adolescent and their parents. The reliability and validity of the questionnaire was checked using Cronbach's alpha, Bartlet test of significance and Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) values. This study employed a sample size of 384 respondents. The correlation, regression enter method was used to check the cause-and-effect relationship and hypothesis testing. The study's findings concluded that screen time had a significant negative effect on the on the cognitive and social skill of the adolescent. As the screen time will increase then there will be high decrease in the cognitive and social skill of the adolescent The SPSS 23.0 version software was used for statistical calculation and pictorial presentation.