Ranjan Rajeev, Balhara Yatan Pal Singh, Mishra Biswa Ranjan, Sarkar Siddharth, Bharti Ayushi, Sinha Muskan, Ahmad Shamshad, Kumar Pankaj, Jain Meha, Panigrahi Sahadeb
Dept. of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna, Bihar, India.
Dept. of Psychiatry & National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Indian J Psychol Med. 2024 Jul;46(4):305-312. doi: 10.1177/02537176231219195. Epub 2024 Jan 31.
Nomophobia is a situational phobia evoked by unavailability of smart phone or the thought of the possibility of not having it, not being able to use it and losing it. Currently used instruments for assessment of severity of nomophobia offers challenges of administration and have limited applicability in the Indian setting. Therefore, this study was aimed to depict and understand the lived experience of college students with nomophobia and making sense of it.
This interpretative phenomenological analysis research design study was carried out on 17 undergraduate students belonging to different academic streams including Science, Social science and Commerce from the three study sites situated in different locations of India. An in-depth interview guide was prepared. The students who scored more than 90 on nomophobia questionnaire (NMP-Q Questionnaire) were included in the study. The data was recorded in audio and video format, it was transcribed, and translated from Hindi to English language. Coding was done and the theme were extracted.
The findings identified six superordinate themes: Digital Obsession, Digital Compulsion, Approval Motivation, Digital Intensement, Digital Well-being and Insight.
The lived experiences of the students with nomophobia had explicitly shown a strong inclination towards the smartphone. They also focused on some of the significant aids provided by the smartphone. Further the intensive use of the smartphone was posing major challenges to the students when they were away from it.
无手机恐惧症是一种情境性恐惧症，由智能手机无法使用、想到可能没有手机、无法使用手机或丢失手机引发。目前用于评估无手机恐惧症严重程度的工具在管理方面存在挑战，在印度环境中的适用性有限。因此，本研究旨在描述和理解患有无手机恐惧症的大学生的生活经历并理解其意义。
本解释现象学分析研究设计对来自印度不同地点的三个研究地点的17名本科生进行，这些学生属于不同学术流派，包括科学、社会科学和商业。编制了一份深入访谈指南。在无手机恐惧症问卷（NMP-Q问卷）上得分超过90分的学生被纳入研究。数据以音频和视频格式记录，进行转录，并从印地语翻译成英语。进行编码并提取主题。
研究结果确定了六个上位主题：数字痴迷、数字强迫、认可动机、数字强化、数字幸福感和洞察力。
患有无手机恐惧症的学生的生活经历明确显示出对智能手机的强烈倾向。他们还关注智能手机提供的一些重要帮助。此外，当学生远离智能手机时，对其的大量使用给他们带来了重大挑战。
