Kumar Ravi, Kumari Supriya, Bharti Puja, Sharma Divyam
Department of Physiotherapy, Galgotias University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Department of Physiotherapy, G. D. Goenka University, Sohna, Haryana, India.
Ind Psychiatry J. 2021 Jul-Dec;30(2):230-233. doi: 10.4103/ipj.ipj_134_21. Epub 2021 Sep 24.
Nomophobia is defined as "the fear of being without a mobile phone or unable to use it." Nowadays, it is considered a modern age phobia. It is to be considered as a form of behavioral addiction.
This study aims to determine the level of nomophobia in the Indian population aged between 15 and 35 years.
A personalized questionnaire was designed in the Google Forms and distributed among the targeted audience. The questionnaire contained three parts: consent letter, sociodemographic details, and nomophobia questionnaire. A total of 2061 valid responses were analyzed in SPSS software.
Out of 2061, 52.9% of the respondents were male and 47.1% were female. 92.2% of the respondents were between 18 and 24 years of age group. Moreover, 79.1% of the respondents are undergraduate or pursuing their graduation. 35.5% of the respondents were from metropolitan city, 38.8% were from an urban city, and 12.15% were from a semiurban city, while the rest 13.6% were from rural areas. 74.8% of the respondents were moderate nomophobic, 18.9% were severe nomophobic, and 6.3% were mild nomophobic.
In this study, we observed that nomophobia is moderate to severe and that our "physical, mental, and social health" has a major concern.
无手机恐惧症被定义为“害怕没有手机或无法使用手机”。如今，它被视为一种现代恐惧症。它被认为是一种行为成瘾的形式。
本研究旨在确定年龄在15至35岁之间的印度人群的无手机恐惧症水平。
在谷歌表单中设计了一份个性化问卷，并分发给目标受众。问卷包含三个部分：同意书、社会人口学细节和无手机恐惧症问卷。在SPSS软件中对总共2061份有效回复进行了分析。
在2061名受访者中，52.9%为男性，47.1%为女性。92.2%的受访者年龄在18至24岁之间。此外，79.1%的受访者是本科生或正在攻读学位。35.5%的受访者来自大城市，38.8%来自城市，12.15%来自半城市，其余13.6%来自农村地区。74.8%的受访者有中度无手机恐惧症，18.9%有重度无手机恐惧症，6.3%有轻度无手机恐惧症。
在本研究中，我们观察到无手机恐惧症为中度至重度，并且我们的“身体、心理和社会健康”受到重大关注。
