Role of parents, peers and technology in adolescents life

Pages:285-288
Kanchan Dilawari, Dipti Arora and Ritika Logani (DAV Public School, Gurgaon, Haryana )

The aim of the current research was to compare the role parents, peers and technology play in the lives of adolescents. The intent was to create awareness among adolescents and parents about how differences in value systems, level of technology adoption and peer collaboration reflect in holistic development of adolescent. A self developed questionnaire was administered on 200 students (100 girls & 100 boys) of age 14-16 years of DAV Public School, Gurgaon, Haryana. The results showed that all three variable i.e. parents, peers and technology influence adolescent’s life. Out of these three, technology has the highest impact whereas peers have the lowest. Negligible difference was found among impact of technology and parents.