Relationships between personality traits and nomophobia: Research on nurses working in public hospitals

Abstract

Purpose In this study, some personal and smartphone usage characteristics will be examined as the determinants of nomophobia, and its relationship with personality traits will be tested. Design and Methods The sample of the descriptive and correlative study consisted of 669 nurses working in six hospitals in Istanbul. The data collection tool consisted of three parts: Descriptive information form, Nomophobia Scale, and Five‐Factor Personality Traits Scale. Findings There was a relationship between nurses' nomophobia levels and neuroticism scores (r = 0.201; p < 0.001). The relationships nomophobia levels with other personality features were found to be either significant but negative, and very low power or statistically non‐significant. Practice Implications As a result of the research, the prevalence of nomophobia increases due to the use of smartphones, especially the younger generation is at risk for nomophobia and that the personality traits of the people do not have a strong explanatory on the levels of nomophobia.

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An investigation of the relationship between smartphone addiction and job performance of healthcare employees

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Relationship Between Nomophobia Levels and Personality Traits of Nursing Students: A Multicenter Study

“…Nursing students with mild nomophobia were observed to have higher emotional stability and conscientiousness personality traits' scores than students with moderate and severe nomophobia. In addition, a weak link was observed between the traits of extroversion, agreeableness, and discipline with the nomophobia levels of nurses and a strong relationship between neuroticism and nomophobia levels (35). Nomophobia level is reported to be high in reward ad-diction (15), neuroticism (45), and low agreeableness (41) dimensions of personality trait models; nevertheless, the level of nomophobia is low in the cooperation dimension (15) of the personality trait models.…”

“…Placing a device in the center of life affects human relationships and social life. Individuals with different personalities have different smartphone usage habits, which affect their life choices (15,29,35,44). According to Pearson correlation analysis, a weak negative connection was shown between emotional stability and conscientiousness personality traits and nomophobia total score (Table 3).…”

“…In addition, there are several studies analyzing the relationship between the levels of nomophobia in varied populations and smartphone addiction and digitalization (30) with self-esteem and obesity (31), anxiety (32), and fear of missing out on developments in social environments (33) with the concepts of job performance (34). Nevertheless, while there is a study examining the relationship between the personality traits and nomophobia levels of the nurses working in a hospital (35), there is no study examining the relationship between the nomophobia levels and personality traits of nursing students in a more risky period in terms of nomophobia due to their adolescence characteristics. Moreover, there might be regional and cultural differences; therefore, it was decided to carry out this study.…”