Abstract

Beyond the numerous advantages offered by the new forms of technology, recent research has evidenced that there are physiological, biological, somatic and psychological indicators of stress that are related to work activities where human – computer interaction occurs in adolescence. High workload, high work pressure, inadequate skills to use new technology, etc. are the main factors related with stressors. They can revive somatic complaints, especially to muscular and skeletal systems, sleep disturbances, mood disturbances, anxiety, fear, anger, etc. Invention of new technology and new techniques may create fatigue and passivity among the users, make it difficult to change their working styles and active involvement and ultimately ruin their health. For the present study, the investigator adopted ‘Survey Method’. The population of the study was the higher secondary school students in Kerala, India. A sample of 150 students of Class 11 and Class 12 was selected from five higher secondary schools in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam and Alappuzha Districts of Kerala, India. The sample consisted of 75 girls and 75 boys. The following tools were prepared and used by the investigator for the present study. They are Internet Addiction Scale and Techno Stress Inventory. Descriptive and Inferential statistics were used for analysing the data. Mean, Standard Deviation, Pearson Correlation and t-test were used for the analysis of the data. The statistical analysis of the data revealed that the Co-efficient of correlation between Internet Addiction and Techno Stress of class higher secondary school students is 0.84.

Keywords: Internet addiction, techno stress, physiological, biological, somatic complaints.

[1] Principal, Peet Memorial Training College, Mavelikara, Kerala , India