ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Nomophobia: Is the Fear of Being without a Smartphone Associated with Problematic Use?
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- Smartphone addiction, nomophobia, and neck-related functional disability among undergraduate students in a Nigerian University: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Mediating Effect of Anxiety/Depression Between Nomophobia and Disordered Eating Among Lebanese Young Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- A Scoping Review of Interventions for the Management of Nomophobia.Discover mental health · 2026Review
- 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
- The relationship between mobile addiction and nomophobia: What role does age play?Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Prevalence and associated factors of nomophobia among the medical and university students of Bangladesh.PloS one · 2026Article
- Psychometric Validation of the Greek Versions of the Generic Scale of Phubbing (GSP) and the Generic Scale of Being Phubbed (GSBP) Among Nursing Personnel.Nursing research and practice · 2026Article
- Nomophobia and Its Predictors: The Role of Psychological, Sociodemographic, and Internet Use Factors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 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
- The roles of loneliness and self-control in the association between social avoidance and nomophobia among college students.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Nomophobia, Psychopathology, and Smartphone-Inferred Behaviors in Youth With Depression: Longitudinal Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- The prevalence of nomophobia in Cyprus and its relationship with coping styles.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Assessment of Knowledge and Outcomes of Nomophobia Among Students at a Selected Degree College in Riyadh.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2025Article
- Excessive smartphone use in Tibet Autonomous Region: biopsychosocial and health behavior factors.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Adaptation and validation of the Moroccan dialect version of the nomophobia questionnaire (NMP-Q): Among university students.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Exploring risk factors and determinants: A scoping review of factors associated with nomophobia.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Validation of a modified problematic use of mobile phones scale to examine problematic smartphone use and dependence.Heliyon · 2024Article
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- Prevalence and Associated Factors of Nomophobia Amongst the General Population in Makkah Province and Al-Madinah Province, Saudi Arabia: An Analytical Cross-Sectional Study.Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2024Article
- Nomophobia: An emerging problem.Nepal journal of epidemiology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Mobile phones are changing behaviour, relationships, communication and the dynamics of physical environments. As such, reliance on the device for everyday activities has increased. Consequently, "nomophobia", defined as the fear of being without one's mobile phone, has emerged as a new phobia. The current study aimed to determine if nomophobia can increase the likelihood of problematic dependent, prohibited and dangerous mobile phone use. The sample comprised 2838 participants (males
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