Nomophobia: Clinical and Demographic Profile of Social Network Excessive Users

King, Anna Lucia Spear; Guedes, Eduardo; Neto, José Pedro Simões; Guimarães, Flávia Leite; Nardi, Antônio Egídio

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“…En cuanto a la hipótesis de que existirían diferencias por sexo y edad para nomofobia (Arpaci, Baloglu, Kozan y Kesici, 2017;Dasgupta et al, 2017;Gezgin y Çakır, 2016;Gezgin, S¸umuer, Arslan y Yildirim, 2017;González-Cabrera et al, 2017;King et al, 2017;Prasad et al, 2017), este estudio confirmó que las mujeres obtuvieron puntuaciones más altas en el NMP-Q (y en las cuatro dimensiones) que los hombres. No obstante, otros estudios no han hallado estas diferencias (Lin et al, 2018) o indicaron que no eran significativas (Farooqui, Pore y Gothankar, 2017;Madhusudan, Sudarshan, Sanjay, Gopi y Fernandes, 2017;Müge y Gezgin, 2016;Uysal, Özen y Madenoglu, 2016).…”

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“…De manera similar, también se ha informado sobre diferencias de edad entre menores y mayores de 20 años (Adawi et al, 2018;Yildirim, Sumuer, Adnan y Yildirim, 2015). Por último, otros estudios han ofrecido distintos rangos de edad para grupos de riesgo, con los grupos más problemáticos entre los 18-29 años (King et al, 2017) y 22-24 años (Sharma, Sharma, Sharma y Wavare, 2015).…”

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“…Esto obligaría a tener que temporalmente prescindir de su identidad social: la personalidad que se comunica y expresa en la red social a la cual se accede a través del teléfono móvil (Bragazzi y Del Puente, 2014;González-Cabrera, León-Mejía, Calvete y Pérez-Sancho, 2017;Han, Kim y Kim, 2017;King et al, 2013;Yildirim y Correia, 2015). También se relaciona con otros trastornos mentales, como trastorno de ansiedad generalizada, pánico, agorafobia, depresión, fobia social, trastorno obsesivo-compulsivo, estrés postraumático y anorexia (King, Guedes, Pedro Neto, Guimaraes y Nardi, 2017). Independientemente del desacuerdo sobre cómo etiquetar o conceptualizar el uso problemático de los smartphones (fobia vs. adicción), necesitamos comprender más este fenómeno y mejorar la intervención psicosocial para su prevención y tratamiento (Ruiz-Ruano, López-Salmerón y López-Puga, 2020).…”

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Cuestionario de Nomofobia (NMP-Q): Estructura factorial y puntos de corte de la versión española

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La nomofobia es una fobia situacional en la que se experimenta un miedo intenso, irracional y desproporcionado a no poder usar el smartphone. Se realizó un estudio instrumental de la versión española del cuestionario de Nomofobia (NMP-Q) con los objetivos de: 1) analizar su estructura factorial y fiabilidad; 2) analizar su invarianza con relación al sexo y la edad, y 3) obtener puntos de cortes específicos para distintas edades y sexo. El muestreo fue incidental y no probabilístico. Hubo 5012 participantes (57.9%, mujeres) de 12-24 años (M = 18,04, SD = 3,3). El análisis factorial confirmatorio mostró un modelo jerárquico de 4 factores correlacionados y explicados por uno general de segundo orden. Los índices de fiabilidad de las dimensiones del NMP-Q fueron satisfactorios oscilando entre ,78, ,85, ,86 y ,92 (Omega ω). Un análisis multigrupo confirmó la invarianza por sexo y edad. A partir de las puntuaciones del NMP-Q se calcularon 3 puntos de corte siguiendo los percentiles 15, 80 y 95 (sin nomofobia, riesgo de nomofobia, y nomofóbico). Las mujeres de 12-15 años tuvieron las puntuaciones más altas en nomofobia. Podemos concluir que el NMP-Q nos permite identificar problemas de nomofobia por sexo y edad desde un punto de vista clínico.

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“…The term 'nomophobia' , which comes from the English phrase 'NO MObile PHOne PhoBIA' , is a mental condition caused by the fear of being detached from mobile phone connectivity 6 , in which the individual is afraid to be without the electronic device, most commonly the smartphone. Moreover, nomophobia is directly associated with depression, anxiety and stress 7,8 . Also from this perspective, the World Health Organization (WHO) considers addiction as a disease, making it important to further investigate this problem, which is common in society.…”

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Nomophobia among medical students and its association with depression, anxiety, stress and academic performance

Kubrusly

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Vasconcelos

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Rev. bras. educ. med.

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Introduction: As the world becomes increasingly interconnected, the adoption of technology remains one of the defining factors of human progress. Nomophobia (NO MObile PHOne PhoBIA) represents a mental condition caused by the fear of being detached from mobile phone connectivity. Such condition is directly associated with depression, anxiety, and stress. Moreover, nomophobia can lead to structural brain damage. Objective: The present study aims to assess the effect of nomophobia on medical students at a private institution and its association with depression, anxiety, stress and academic performance. Method: This is a cross-sectional observational study carried out in medical students at Centro Universitário Christus. Nomophobia was measured using the Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q). The NMP-Q has 20 questions, which are asked on a 7-point Likert scale. This scale has been validated for the Brazilian Portuguese language. Depression, anxiety and stress were measured by the DASS-21, a simplified version of the DASS instrument. The DASS-21 questionnaire was also validated for the Brazilian Portuguese language. Academic performance was measured through API, the product of a complex mathematical operation that results in the student’s average grade in the semester and functions as a reference index for pedagogical follow-up in the assessed institution. In addition, the device use habits were assessed. Descriptive results were presented, and bivariate analyses of association and correlation were performed. This study was approved by the research ethics committee. Result: A sample of 292 students was assessed. Virtually all students (99.7%) had some degree of nomophobia, and 64.5% had a moderate or severe level of nomophobia. More than 50% of the students had higher than mild degrees of stress, and 19.5% and 11.2% of the students had severe or very severe levels of anxiety and depression, respectively. When analyzing the correlation of NMP-Q with DASS-21 scores, it was observed that increases in NMP-Q lead to increases in the overall DASS score (p < 0.001), and that worse results in DASS-21 are associated with worse API. Conclusion: Our study suggests that nomophobia is likely to increase anxiety, stress and depression and, as a result, leads to a decrease in academic performance.

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“…These include an inability to make or receive phone calls, send or receive text messages, and lose Internet connectivity and access to online social networking sites [19]- [22]. It is generally a pathological fear of being removed from technology or the digital world [11], [23]. Nomophobics are those who exhibit addictive behavior toward mobile phones [19].…”

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Nomophobia (No MObile PHone PhoBIA) Among Medical Students: A Literature Review

Wahyuni

2022

Int. J. Eng. Scie. and Inform. Technology.

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Smartphones have become more popular due to advances in high-speed Internet connectivity. Smartphones are popular among young people, including medical students, as virtual devices. As a result, excessive use of smartphones has expressed concerns about its addictive potential, a condition known as nomophobia. Nomophobia (No MObile PHone PhoBIA) is the worry or fear people feel when they do not have their mobile phone or are unable to use it. The term was introduced in 2008 and is considered a modern phobia. Nomophobia is also a general pathology among students, particularly those in medicine. This literature review examines the prevalence of nomophobia, symptoms, causes of nomophobia among medical students, and the impact of nomophobia on student achievement. Existing literature on nomophobia in the PUBMED and Google Scholar databases was examined using the search terms ‘nomophobia’ OR ‘mobile phone use’ OR ‘mobile phone addiction’ AND 'medical students.' Several studies have found that medical students have nomophobia. More than 50% of medical students in this review have moderate nomophobia, while 5-20% have severe nomophobia. The most common symptoms of nomophobia were anxiety, agitation, tachycardia, inability to turn off the mobile phone, constantly checking the phone, charging the battery even when the phone is nearly fully charged, fear of not being able to connect to a data network, concerns about being removed from online status or identity, and avoid activities to spend time on a mobile device. Students with severe nomophobia reported poor academic performance; students with a higher level of nomophobia performed poorly academically and vice versa. Medical students had a greater incidence of addiction to mobile phones, which affected their health and academic achievement. More emphasis should be placed on early detection and intervention to overcome nomophobia.

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Nomophobia: Clinical and Demographic Profile of Social Network Excessive Users

Cited by 9 publications

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Cuestionario de Nomofobia (NMP-Q): Estructura factorial y puntos de corte de la versión española

Cuestionario de Nomofobia (NMP-Q): Estructura factorial y puntos de corte de la versión española

Nomophobia among medical students and its association with depression, anxiety, stress and academic performance

Nomophobia (No MObile PHone PhoBIA) Among Medical Students: A Literature Review

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