ArticlePsychology research and behavior management2014
A proposal for including nomophobia in the new DSM-V.
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104 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Nomophobia in India: A systematic review and meta-analysis.The Indian journal of medical research · 2026Pooled it
- The relationship between trait mindfulness and problematic usage of the internet, screen time, and nomophobia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of behavioral addictions · 2025Pooled it
- The Relationship between Emotion Regulation (ER) and Problematic Smartphone Use (PSU): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Nomophobia: An Individual's Growing Fear of Being without a Smartphone-A Systematic Literature Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Always Connected, Not Always Well: The Moderating Role of Sleep Quality in the Relationship Between Nomophobia and Mental Health Among University Students in Saudi Arabia.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026Article
- Maternal Loneliness and Technoference During Early Childhood: The Mediating Roles of Nomophobia and Social Media Addiction.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026Article
- Relationships among nomophobia behaviours, fear of missing out, and work immersion among Chinese nurses: a network analysis.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Nomophobia and Adolescent Social Isolation in a Rapidly Transforming Cultural Context: Evidence From Kyrgyzstan.Public health challenges · 2026Article
- From Binge Scrolling to Problematic Technology Use: Fear of Missing Out as a Self-Regulatory Mediator.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- A Scoping Review of Interventions for the Management of Nomophobia.Discover mental health · 2026Review
- Escape into Social Media? A 4-Week Tracking Study on Nomophobia and Smartphone Coping.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Progressive Smartphone Restriction Combined with Psychoeducational Guidance and Pre-Sleep Autonomic Regulation Improves Sleep Efficiency and Time-of-Day Cognitive Performance in Physically Active Students with Nomophobia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Caught in the web: how nomophobia mediates the link between neuroticism and phubbing.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Prevalence and associated factors of nomophobia among the medical and university students of Bangladesh.PloS one · 2026Article
- The relationship between mobile addiction and nomophobia: What role does age play?Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The role of FoMO and nomophobia in explaining the relationship between doomscrolling and poor sleep quality.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- The association between anxiety, activity performance and nomophobia in students.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Nomophobia and Its Predictors: The Role of Psychological, Sociodemographic, and Internet Use Factors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Nomophobia Profiles Among High School and College Students: A Multi-Group Latent Profile Analysis.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Italian Adaptation of the No-Mobile-Phone-Phobia Questionnaire: Factorial Validity with the ESEM Technique and Population-Based Cut-Off Scores.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Article
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Abstract
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is considered to be the gold standard manual for assessing the psychiatric diseases and is currently in its fourth version (DSM-IV), while a fifth (DSM-V) has just been released in May 2013. The DSM-V Anxiety Work Group has put forward recommendations to modify the criteria for diagnosing specific phobias. In this manuscript, we propose to consider the inclusion of nomophobia in the DSM-V, and we make a comprehensive overview of the existing literature, discussing the clinical relevance of this pathology, its epidemiological features, the available psychometric scales, and the proposed treatment. Even though nomophobia has not been included in the DSM-V, much more attention is paid to the psychopathological effects of the new media, and the interest in this topic will increase in the near future, together with the attention and caution not to hypercodify as pathological normal behaviors.
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