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The relationship between the nomophobic levels of higher education students in Ghana and academic achievement.
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- Sociodemographic patterns of nomophobia among university students: systematic review and meta-analysis with meta-regression.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Review
- Exploring reasons and coping strategies among nursing students with nomophobia: a qualitative study.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Exploring the prevalence of nomophobia, its contributing factors, and the relationship with social interaction anxiety among nursing students.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Nomophobia among nursing students: prevalence and associated factors.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- "Nomophobia: Prevalence, associated factors, and impact on academic performance among nursing students".Heliyon · 2024Article
- Exploring risk factors and determinants: A scoping review of factors associated with nomophobia.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- The effect of emotion regulation strategies on nomophobia in college students: The masking role of resilience.Heliyon · 2024Article
- The Epidemiology of Nomophobia and Insomnia Among Medical Students in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.Cureus · 2024Article
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- Prevalence of Nomophobia and Its Association with Academic Performance Among Physiotherapy Students in Saudi Arabia: A Cross- Sectional Survey.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2023Article
- Nomophobia among Preservice Teachers: a descriptive correlational study at Ghanaian Colleges of Education.Education and information technologies · 2022Article
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Abstract
There is an upsurge in the use of mobile phones among higher education students in Ghana, which may result in the nomophobia prevalence with the students. Therefore, the need to assess the influence of nomophobia within the student population in Ghana. This descriptive cross-sectional study investigated the prevalence of nomophobia and the sociodemographic variables, and the association with academic achievement of the understudied population. A self-reporting nomophobia questionnaire, composed of 20 dimensions, was answered by 670 university students to measure the nomophobia prevalence. Raw data were estimated using descriptive statistics, and one-way ANOVA and Independent T-test. While the findings showed diverse grades of nomophobia, statistical significance between academic achievement and the level of nomophobia was observed. This study concludes that there is a high nomophobia prevalence among university students in Ghana as the use of smartphones increases. However, follow-up studies should be conducted in Ghanaian universities to monitor nomophobia and its associates in order to reduce the adverse effects of habitual use of smartphones.
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