“Nomophobia”: Impact of Cell Phone Use Interfering with Symptoms and Emotions of Individuals with Panic Disorder Compared with a Control Group

King, Anna Lucia Spear; Valença, Alexandre Martins; Silva, Adriana Cardoso; Sancassiani, Federica; Machado, Sérgio; Nardi, Antônio Egídio

doi:10.2174/1745017901410010028

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“…Panic disorder indicates frequent and constant anxiety attacks. In a study conducted by King et al (2014) in Brazil, the symptoms and mood changes of patients with panic disorder due to mobile phone usage were examined. A total of 120 people participated in this experimental study and it was found that both the experimental group (with panic disorder) and the control group (reported as healthy) showed dependence on mobile phones.…”

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The Relationship between Levels of Nomophobia Prevalence and Internet Addiction among High School Students: the factors influencing Nomophobia

Gezgin

Çakır

Yıldırım

2018

International Journal of Research in Education and Science

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between nomophobia levels of high school students and their Internet Addiction. This study also investigates the factors including duration of smartphone and mobile Internet use that trigger and create this phenomenon. In order to explore the prevalence of nomophobia among high school students, the survey model was adopted in this study. As part of this survey, 929 high school students were randomly selected among 9th to 12th graders from Turkish high schools in different socioeconomic areas of Afyon, Ankara, and Mardin provinces. In the data collection process, a demographics questionnaire was employed, as well as a nomophobia scale and Internet addiction scale. According to the results, the nomophobia levels of high school students were found to be slightly above average. Pertaining to gender differences, female students have a higher tendency to exhibit nomophobic behaviors compared to male students. Additionally, students' grade levels (which could also be considered as age) has no effect on the prevalence of nomophobia. Considering the duration of smartphone ownership, it was found that the longer the duration of smartphone usage, the higher the risk of exhibiting nomophobic behaviors. Finally, the results indicated that the higher the level of student Internet addiction, the more nomophobic behaviors they tend to exhibit.

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The Relationship between Levels of Nomophobia Prevalence and Internet Addiction among High School Students: the factors influencing Nomophobia

Gezgin

Çakır

Yıldırım

2018

International Journal of Research in Education and Science

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“…Personal resilience, a positive characteristic, was significantly and positively correlated with affinity for the mobile phone for Productivity purposes and negatively correlated with both negative subscales. This finding differentiates the MPAS from other instruments in that both impulsivity and anxiety have been shown to be associated with mobile phone use in studies of mobile phone addiction or dependence [39-41]. However, the Connectedness subscale was not correlated with resilience, which is reasonable given that personal relationships with others can help promote personal resilience [42,43], but can also place a burden on individuals [44].…”

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The Mobile Phone Affinity Scale: Enhancement and Refinement

Bock¹,

Lantini²,

Thind³

et al. 2016

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth

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BackgroundExisting instruments that assess individuals’ relationships with mobile phones tend to focus on negative constructs such as addiction or dependence, and appear to assume that high mobile phone use reflects pathology. Mobile phones can be beneficial for health behavior change, disease management, work productivity, and social connections, so there is a need for an instrument that provides a more balanced assessment of the various aspects of individuals’ relationships with mobile phones.ObjectiveThe purpose of this research was to develop, revise, and validate the Mobile Phone Affinity Scale, a multi-scale instrument designed to assess key factors associated with mobile phone use.MethodsParticipants (N=1058, mean age 33) were recruited from Amazon Mechanical Turk between March and April of 2016 to complete a survey that assessed participants’ mobile phone attitudes and use, anxious and depressive symptoms, and resilience.ResultsConfirmatory factor analysis supported a 6-factor model. The final measure consisted of 24 items, with 4 items on each of 6 factors: Connectedness, Productivity, Empowerment, Anxious Attachment, Addiction, and Continuous Use. The subscales demonstrated strong internal consistency (Cronbach alpha range=0.76-0.88, mean 0.83), and high item factor loadings (range=0.57-0.87, mean 0.75). Tests for validity further demonstrated support for the individual subscales.ConclusionsMobile phone affinity may have an important impact in the development and effectiveness of mobile health interventions, and continued research is needed to assess its predictive ability in health behavior change interventions delivered via mobile phones.

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“…King et al [1] has offered as a diagnostic category the disorder of pathologic dependence of the CITC for those individuals for which the abusive use of the referred technologies should be associated to a primary mental disorder with losses to the personal, social, familial and professional aspects and the involvement of the quality of the individuals' life [18][19][20].…”

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Nomophobia: Clinical and Demographic Profile of Social Network Excessive Users

King¹,

Guedes²,

Neto³

et al. 2017

J Addict Res Ther

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Inroduction: The new technologies-computer, internet, cell phone (CIC)-and the daily interactivity of the individuals, have produced significant changes in the clinical, cognitive-behavioral, social, professional and environmental aspects which need to be analyzed constantly. The nomophobia [1] has to do with the dependence on technology. Are the symptoms of anxiety, distress and discomfort, among others that the pathological dependent technologies tend to feel when they can't be connected.Objective: Our focus intends to define the psychopathological and social demographic profile of the daily abusive users of the CIC, as well as to point out the difference between pathological dependent individuals of the CIC. Methods:A descriptive and quantitative study taken into effect for 18 months, using specific instruments, evaluated 113 volunteers showing an abusive daily use of CIC, there being 72 individuals with an associated disorder and 41 individuals of the control group showing no disorders. For both groups, we offered orientation for a conscious use of the technologies as well as medical and psychological treatments.Results: we were able to trace the profile of the men and women of the "Disorder Group", in relation to the abusive use of the CIC technologies. The most abusive daily users of these technologies were the women (69%) ranging from 18 to 29 years of age. The psychopathologic profile revealed that within the mental disorders researched, the generalized anxiety disorder (85%), following it, panic (51%), agoraphobia (49%), depression (43%), social phobia (15%, obsessive compulsive disorder (13%), post-traumatic stress (6%) and anorexia (1%). Conclusion:We can conclude that there is a relationship between the psychiatric disorders with the abusive use of technologies.

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“Nomophobia”: Impact of Cell Phone Use Interfering with Symptoms and Emotions of Individuals with Panic Disorder Compared with a Control Group

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The Relationship between Levels of Nomophobia Prevalence and Internet Addiction among High School Students: the factors influencing Nomophobia

The Relationship between Levels of Nomophobia Prevalence and Internet Addiction among High School Students: the factors influencing Nomophobia

The Mobile Phone Affinity Scale: Enhancement and Refinement

Nomophobia: Clinical and Demographic Profile of Social Network Excessive Users

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