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ArticleIndian journal of psychological medicine2024

Description of Nomophobia Among College Students: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.

Rajeev Ranjan, Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, Biswa Ranjan Mishra, Siddharth Sarkar, Ayushi Bharti, Muskan Sinha, Shamshad Ahmad, Pankaj Kumar, Meha Jain, Sahadeb Panigrahi

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Rajeev RanjanDept. of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2207-6749
Yatan Pal Singh BalharaDept. of Psychiatry & National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1616-6403
Biswa Ranjan MishraDept. of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0537-9454
Siddharth SarkarDept. of Psychiatry & National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3827-1549
Ayushi BhartiDept. of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1107-2978
Muskan SinhaAll India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar, India.
Shamshad AhmadDept. of Community & Family Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar, India.
Pankaj KumarDept. of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar, India.
Meha JainDept. of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar, India.
Sahadeb PanigrahiAll India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

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Background: Nomophobia is a situational phobia evoked by unavailability of smart phone or the thought of the possibility of not having it, not being able to use it and losing it. Currently used instruments for assessment of severity of nomophobia offers challenges of administration and have limited applicability in the Indian setting. Therefore, this study was aimed to depict and understand the lived experience of college students with nomophobia and making sense of it. Methods: This interpretative phenomenological analysis research design study was carried out on 17 undergraduate students belonging to different academic streams including Science, Social science and Commerce from the three study sites situated in different locations of India. An in-depth interview guide was prepared. The students who scored more than 90 on nomophobia questionnaire (NMP-Q Questionnaire) were included in the study. The data was recorded in audio and video format, it was transcribed, and translated from Hindi to English language. Coding was done and the theme were extracted. Results: The findings identified six superordinate themes: Digital Obsession, Digital Compulsion, Approval Motivation, Digital Intensement, Digital Well-being and Insight. Conclusion: The lived experiences of the students with nomophobia had explicitly shown a strong inclination towards the smartphone. They also focused on some of the significant aids provided by the smartphone. Further the intensive use of the smartphone was posing major challenges to the students when they were away from it.

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in-depth interviewinterpretative phenomenological analysislived experiencesNomophobiasmartphone

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