ArticleEuropean journal of investigation in health, psychology and education2023
Nomophobia (No Mobile Phone Phobia) and Psychological Health Issues among Young Adult Students.
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- Psychological "effects" of digital technology: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
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- From smartphone use to psychological distress: the mediating role of nomophobia among university students in Oman.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- A Scoping Review of Interventions for the Management of Nomophobia.Discover mental health · 2026Review
- Exploring reasons and coping strategies among nursing students with nomophobia: a qualitative study.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Interpersonal cognitive distortions as mediators of the relationship between psychological distress and nomophobia in adolescents: a cross-sectional mediation analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Exploring which symptom should be targeted first in the comorbidity of anxiety and depression among adolescents with nomophobia: insight from a simulation network analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Prevalence and Predictors of Nomophobia among Medical Students of a University in South India.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine · 2025Article
- The future of paediatric sleep medicine: a blueprint for advancing the field.Journal of sleep research · 2025Review
- Digital dependence and its association with weight and body image among female medical students in Pakistan: a large cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- New Perspective on Digital Well-Being by Distinguishing Digital Competency From Dependency: Network Approach.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Nomophobia and Psychological distress among the Saudi Population.PLOS digital health · 2025Article
- Nomophobia among nursing students: prevalence and associated factors.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Acute Nomophobia and Its Psychological Correlates in Adolescents: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed-Methods Approach.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Article
- The impact of physical exercise on mobile phone addiction among college students: a study based on Chinese universities.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Investigation of the Relationship Between University Students' Nomophobia and Psychological Distress: A Cross-sectional Study.International journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- The Epidemiology of Nomophobia and Insomnia Among Medical Students in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.Cureus · 2024Article
- The fear of smartphone notifications and calls among medical students: The phone ring phobia syndrome or telephobia.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundSmart phone use has become a part of people's everyday life. However, when the lack of using the smart phone to establish and maintain electronic communication is related to psychological distress, such a behavior may be considered a modern-age phobia, or nomophobia (no mobile phone phobia). The aims of the present study were to investigate among a sample of young adults the associations between scores for nomophobia and symptoms of depression, anxiety, stress, insomnia, and obsessive-compulsive disorders.
methodsA total of 537 students (mean age: 25.52 years; 42.3% females) participated in the study. They completed a booklet of self-rating questionnaires covering sociodemographic information and symptoms of nomophobia, depression, anxiety, stress, insomnia, and obsessive-compulsive disorders.
resultsHigher scores for nomophobia were associated with higher scores for depression, anxiety, and stress, but not with scores for insomnia and obsessive-compulsive disorders. The regression model confirmed that symptoms of anxiety predicted nomophobia.
conclusionsThe present results support the assumption that nomophobia appears to be a mood disturbance related to stronger associations with symptoms of anxiety and, to a lesser extent, with symptoms of depression and stress. By contrast, nomophobia appeared to be unrelated to insomnia and symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorders.
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