Volume 31, Issue 1, 2022
DOI: 10.24205/03276716.2022.6001
Explorative Study on Children’s Internet Usage and Parental Control in India – Using Classification Tree Model Analysis
Abstract
In this period of innovation, the internet has spread broadly and has been utilized for various purposes by children. Particularly usage of the internet among school students increased in recent years. At the same time, researchers indicate that there is an increase in internet usage and behavioral problems. The objectives of this study are to examine the impact of internet usage and parental mediation on school children. The participants were determined with purposive sampling and conducted under different schools children in Chennai (N= 424) respondents and from the 15-17 age groups those were analyzed by CART used to describe decision tree algorithms that are used for a classification tree model and regression. These results show that most children used the internet without parental guidance. During the pandemic time, children were using more hours on the internet and social media which had an impact on their online activities. This study identified that regular monitoring can avoid psychological harm.
Keywords
Children, Internet, Parental control, Psychological