Abstract:
Adolescents all over the world have been facing "mass media explosion" during past
twenty years. Television has been found to be the most popular media among this age
group. Pattern of television viewing among adolescents and its association on academic and
non-academic activities may vary from country to country. This cross sectional study aimed
to assess the VleWlt1g pattern of television/CD/DVD, factors related to patternof viewing
and association between academic performance, Participation in non academic activities and
pattern of viewing television CD/DVD, among adolescent school children in the educational
division, Maharagama.Stratified cluster sampling with probability proportionate to sample
size method was used to select the study population and a self-administered questionnaire
was the study instrument. A total of 615 students were included in the study. A great
majority of students (98.7 percent ) were 12 years old and two third were boys. Nearly 60
percent of mothers and 75 percent percent of fathers of the study population had passed
G.C.E.O/L or above. A majority of mothers were housewives and fathers were clerks or
technicians while 57 percent reported a monthly income of less than 20,0001
