THE IMPACT OF GADGETS ON HEALTH AND
LIFESTYLE OF THE CHILDREN : MENTAL
WELL BEING, SOCIAL RELATIONSHIP AND
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Masitah Binti Masirun
4171002331
Bachelor of Sciences (HONS)
Mathematics with Statistics
INTRODUCTION
1. Gadgets
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Mobile phone
Computer/Laptop
Smart phone
Internet
2. The impact of gadgets use
– Positive
– Negative
PROBLEM STATEMENT
• Parents have been using gadgets and application in the gadgets to educate
their children. This will cause the child to be addict to the gadgets use.
• The use of gadgets among children will lead to negative outcomes in term of
children’s health as well as their cognitive and social development.
• Parents need to observe the use of the gadgets and not to expose the child
to the gadgets at a very young age.
• Rigorous use will deteriorate language development, reading skill, memory,
and concentration.
• Uncontrolled use will impair the family and social relationship as well as
leading to both physical and mental illnesses.
OBJECTIVES
The objectives of this study are as below :
1. To study the impacts of the addictive use of the gadgets
on mental, social and physical health and lifestyle.
2. To determine the effects and the factors of the gadgets
on the children.
3. To examine the time spent by the children with their
gadgets.
LITERATURE REVIEW
Competition skills
Educating young
ones
Children have better
motor skills
The Positive Impact of Gadgets Use
Improved cognitive
skills
More fun for kids
Cause of dictraction
in children
LITERATURE REVIEW
Attention deficit
Learning Problems
Speech or language
delay
The Negative Impact of Gadgets Use
Anxiety
Childhood depression
Negative impact on
character
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Second Section
First Section
Questionnaires
Research design is
descriptive research
EXPECTED RESULT
The expected findings from the this research:
1. We can identify the impact of the mental health and
lifestyle of the children on the addictive use of the
gadgets.
2. We can determine the effect and the factors of the
gadgets on the children.
3. We can examine the time spent by the children with their
gadgets.
GANTT CHART
Content
Design
Questionnaires
and Pilot Survey
Data Collection
Analyze Data
Findings and
Conclusion
Report Writing
September
2019
October
2019
November
2019
December
2019
January
2019
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