A Gender based Study on Disagreement between Parents and Adolescents for use of Social Networking Sites
Kshiptimayee Patra *
Dept. of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Community Science, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-13, Assam (785013), India.
Sampreety Gogoi
Dept. of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Community Science, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat-13, Assam (785013), India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
In today's world, social networking services are quite popular among adolescents. The usage of social networking sites is seen differently by adolescents and parents. As a result, when it comes to the use of social networking sites, there is a distinction between parents and adolescents. In today's world, parents value their adolescent's education, social life and health irrespective of their gender.
Aim: The goal of this study was to see if there was a gender difference in parent and adolescent disagreement regarding the use of social networking site.
Methodology: A multi-stage selection method was used to choose 118 adolescents and each one of their parents (a total of 236 samples) from five schools in the Jorhat Block. To gather the essential information, a self-made questionnaire was used.
Results: The results revealed from the findings that there was no significant gender difference in disagreement between parents and adolescents for use of Social networking sites.
Keywords: Social networking sites, disagreement, gender differences