A Study to Assess the Impact of Social Media on Psychological Health During Lock Down among Adolescents in the Selected Colleges of Pune City

Abstract

Introduction -Research focuses on the use of social media on psychological health during lock down amongadolescents .Technology is having highly command on human beings. As it is found that adolescents hasbecome the victim of using excessive social media. It is extremely necessary to educate young populationregarding the correct utilization of social media to uphold in their personal as well as professional growth.Technology has significant impact on our body as well on mind. As our lifestyle is also changing hence socialmedia is having lot of impact in our mind. 1 During complete lock down it is observed that social media hasinfluence the young minds a lot. The (COVID19) epidemic is a public health emergency of internationalconcern, it is decision of governmental bodies that to stop the spread the corona virus .Hence the lock downwas announced to spread of this virus. The present pandemic situation is rapidly affecting the population andhaving the negative impact on the whole population not only on physically but mentally also. 2As when thecomplete lock down was announced it was extremely difficult to an individual to cope up with that changinglife style. The purpose of study was to check the impact of social media on adolescents during lock downand it was found that the adolescents had major negative impact of excess use of social media and affectednot only physically but emotionally also . Design - Non-Experimental Descriptive survey. Results- NonProbability convenience sampling technique used to collect information from 100 participants studying inschools and colleges. And found that 68% adolescents have negative impact and 32% have positive impactof social media on mental health during lock down among adolescent age group Conclusion- The researchwas emphasis on the effect of utilization of social media on mental health of young generation during lockdown. . It is concluded that they are misusing their valuable time instead of giving focus on study which isleading to not only physical damage but also have impact on their psychological health