Abdoli Nasrin, Sadeghi-Bahmani Dena, Salari Nader, Khodamoradi Mehdi, Farnia Vahid, Jahangiri Somayeh, Brühl Annette Beatrix, Dürsteler Kenneth M, Stanga Zeno, Brand Serge
Substance Abuse Prevention Research Center, Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah 6719851115, Iran.
Department of Psychology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Eur J Investig Health Psychol Educ. 2023 Sep 12;13(9):1762-1775. doi: 10.3390/ejihpe13090128.
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.
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.
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.
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.
智能手机的使用已成为人们日常生活的一部分。然而,当缺乏使用智能手机来建立和维持电子通讯与心理困扰相关时,这种行为可能被视为一种现代恐惧症,即无手机恐惧症(nomophobia)。本研究的目的是在一组年轻成年人样本中调查无手机恐惧症得分与抑郁、焦虑、压力、失眠及强迫症症状之间的关联。
共有537名学生(平均年龄:25.52岁;42.3%为女性)参与了本研究。他们完成了一本自评问卷手册,内容涵盖社会人口学信息以及无手机恐惧症、抑郁、焦虑、压力、失眠和强迫症的症状。
无手机恐惧症得分较高与抑郁、焦虑和压力得分较高相关,但与失眠和强迫症得分无关。回归模型证实焦虑症状可预测无手机恐惧症。
目前的结果支持这样一种假设,即无手机恐惧症似乎是一种情绪障碍,与焦虑症状的关联更强,在较小程度上与抑郁和压力症状相关。相比之下,无手机恐惧症似乎与失眠和强迫症症状无关。