Open AccessA perception of medical students about role of cinema on mental health
Author(s) -
Huma Khan,
Anand Pandey,
Vertika Agarwal,
Saurabh Mishra
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of community health/indian journal of community health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.149
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 2248-9509
pISSN - 0971-7587
DOI - 10.47203/ijch.2021.v33i02.024
Subject(s) - movie theater , perception , affect (linguistics) , medicine , psyche , hollywood , mental health , recreation , psychology , social psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , visual arts , art , communication , neuroscience , political science , psychoanalysis , law , art history
Background: Among few of the recreational activities of students are sports and watching cinema. Movies are found to be powerful instruments in influencing the attitudinal changes, emotional impact, education, life styles, health and other behaviours. Objectives 1. Choice of cinema among medical students 2. Perceived effects of watching cinema on study participants. Methods- This was a cross sectional study carried out among undergraduate medical students. Sample size: 153. Result: Age of the participants ranged from 18-29 years averaging 21.43 years. Bollywood movies were the most commonly watched by 113 (73.9%) followed by Hollywood movies watched by 104 (68%) study participants.77 (50.3%) participants believed that movies showing sexual violence against females badly affect the psyche of females.