‘Television addiction higher among unmarried, divorced and widowed people’

Bengaluru | Saturday | 14th July, 2018

Summary:

A survey conducted by faculty members of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) found that television addiction was higher among unmarried, divorced and widowed people. "Television addiction is emerging as one of the methods people use to cope with various moods and psychosocial situations." According to the authors, television addiction is emerging as one of the methods people use to cope with various moods and psychosocial situations. They found that 79 respondents were addicted to television, and most were unmarried, divorced or widowed. He said that television addiction could be defined as one’s craving to view television to feel good and loss of control in relation to the duration of watching it..