Nomophobia (No Mobile Phone Phobia) and Psychological Health Issues among Young Adult Students
Background: Smart 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 phob...
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| author | Nasrin Abdoli Dena Sadeghi-Bahmani Nader Salari Mehdi Khodamoradi Vahid Farnia Somayeh Jahangiri Annette Beatrix Brühl Kenneth M. Dürsteler Zeno Stanga Serge Brand |
| author_facet | Nasrin Abdoli Dena Sadeghi-Bahmani Nader Salari Mehdi Khodamoradi Vahid Farnia Somayeh Jahangiri Annette Beatrix Brühl Kenneth M. Dürsteler Zeno Stanga Serge Brand |
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| description | Background: Smart 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. Methods: A 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. Results: Higher 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. Conclusions: The 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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| spelling | doaj.art-fea4041393f1481dbf0629fab6e3bac62023-11-19T10:20:18ZengMDPI AGEuropean Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education2174-81442254-96252023-09-011391762177510.3390/ejihpe13090128Nomophobia (No Mobile Phone Phobia) and Psychological Health Issues among Young Adult StudentsNasrin Abdoli0Dena Sadeghi-Bahmani1Nader Salari2Mehdi Khodamoradi3Vahid Farnia4Somayeh Jahangiri5Annette Beatrix Brühl6Kenneth M. Dürsteler7Zeno Stanga8Serge Brand9Substance Abuse Prevention Research Center, Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah 6719851115, IranDepartment of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USADepartment of Biostatistics, School of Health, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah 6719851115, IranSubstance Abuse Prevention Research Center, Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah 6719851115, IranSubstance Abuse Prevention Research Center, Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah 6719851115, IranSubstance Abuse Prevention Research Center, Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah 6719851115, IranCenter for Affective, Stress and Sleep Disturbances, Psychiatric Clinics of the University of Basel, 4002 Basel, SwitzerlandDivision of Substance Use Disorders, Psychiatric Clinics of the University of Basel, 4002 Basel, SwitzerlandCentre of Competence for Military and Disaster Medicine, Swiss Armed Forces, 3008 Bern, SwitzerlandSubstance Abuse Prevention Research Center, Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah 6719851115, IranBackground: Smart 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. Methods: A 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. Results: Higher 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. Conclusions: The 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.https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/13/9/128nomophobiadepressionanxietystressobsessive–compulsive disordersyoung adults |
| spellingShingle | Nasrin Abdoli Dena Sadeghi-Bahmani Nader Salari Mehdi Khodamoradi Vahid Farnia Somayeh Jahangiri Annette Beatrix Brühl Kenneth M. Dürsteler Zeno Stanga Serge Brand Nomophobia (No Mobile Phone Phobia) and Psychological Health Issues among Young Adult Students European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education nomophobia depression anxiety stress obsessive–compulsive disorders young adults |
| title | Nomophobia (No Mobile Phone Phobia) and Psychological Health Issues among Young Adult Students |
| title_full | Nomophobia (No Mobile Phone Phobia) and Psychological Health Issues among Young Adult Students |
| title_fullStr | Nomophobia (No Mobile Phone Phobia) and Psychological Health Issues among Young Adult Students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nomophobia (No Mobile Phone Phobia) and Psychological Health Issues among Young Adult Students |
| title_short | Nomophobia (No Mobile Phone Phobia) and Psychological Health Issues among Young Adult Students |
| title_sort | nomophobia no mobile phone phobia and psychological health issues among young adult students |
| topic | nomophobia depression anxiety stress obsessive–compulsive disorders young adults |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2254-9625/13/9/128 |
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