Abstract:

Today humanity is facing a serious threat in the form of a pandemic known as COVID-19, even adolescents the vital section of the youth population is affected by it. Psychologists believed leisure activities as an antecedent of the development of the adolescent. The objective of the study is to examine the change in adolescents' leisure activities, before lockdown (BLD) and after lockdown (ALD) due to this airborne disease. The study is a cross-cultural study of 255 adolescents in the age group of (15-19) years studying in senior secondary classes in India and its neighboring countries Maldives and Bhutan is the part of the selected sample. The study used the questionnaire Leisure Interest Measure (LIM by Beard and Ragheb, 1980) and a structured key information schedule designed for studying smartphone usage patterns (SPUP) by teens. SPSS-23 and other statistical packages are used for analyzing the data to study the change in leisure activities. The results of the study are quite interesting and will be helpful in policy formulation related to adolescents' leisure activities. Serious research work should be conducted in this area, as it is a sensitive issue and requires more concentration after all adolescent is a valuable asset for any nation.

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