Basu Sabornee Karmakar, Sharma Payal, Singh Ashi, Makhija Diya, Raghu Pavana, Mohanty Prapti, Mourya Shradha
Department of Psychology, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Ann Neurosci. 2025 Jul 31:09727531251360116. doi: 10.1177/09727531251360116.
The increasing integration of mobile technology into daily life has raised concerns about its effects on sleep quality and mental health, particularly among emerging adults. The interplay between evening chronotype, nomophobia (no mobile phone phobia), and FoMO is crucial to understanding these impacts, especially in the digital age. The current study investigated whether nomophobia mediates the relationship between evening chronotype and sleep quality and between chronotype and FoMO with sleep quality in emerging adults.
A cross-sectional survey was conducted among = 501 emerging adults (Males = 144, Females = 356), aged 18-25 (21.2 ± 1.85 years), after approval from the Institutional Review Board. The participants completed measures of demographic information, sleep quality, FoMO, nomophobia and chronotype. Data were analysed using Jamovi and Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS).
Significant negative associations were found between evening chronotype, FoMO, and sleep quality, indicating that individuals with an evening chronotype and those with higher FoMO tend to experience poorer sleep. Nomophobia significantly mediated the relationships between evening chronotype and sleep quality (Indirect estimate = -0.00896, < .05), and between FoMO and sleep quality (Indirect estimate = 0.0185, < .05), amplifying these negative impacts.
The study highlights nomophobia's critical role in exacerbating the effects of evening chronotype and FoMO on sleep. Interventions targeting nomophobia and digital habits could improve sleep and mental health among emerging adults.
移动技术日益融入日常生活引发了人们对其对睡眠质量和心理健康影响的担忧，尤其是在新兴成年人中。傍晚型生物钟、无手机恐惧症（即没有手机就恐惧）和错失恐惧症之间的相互作用对于理解这些影响至关重要，特别是在数字时代。本研究调查了无手机恐惧症是否在新兴成年人中调节傍晚型生物钟与睡眠质量之间的关系以及生物钟与错失恐惧症和睡眠质量之间的关系。
在获得机构审查委员会批准后，对501名年龄在18至25岁（平均年龄21.2 ± 1.85岁）的新兴成年人（男性 = 144人，女性 = 356人）进行了横断面调查。参与者完成了人口统计学信息、睡眠质量、错失恐惧症、无手机恐惧症和生物钟类型的测量。使用Jamovi和社会科学统计软件包（SPSS）对数据进行分析。
在傍晚型生物钟、错失恐惧症和睡眠质量之间发现了显著的负相关，表明傍晚型生物钟的个体和错失恐惧症程度较高的个体往往睡眠质量较差。无手机恐惧症显著调节了傍晚型生物钟与睡眠质量之间的关系（间接估计值 = -0.00896，P <.05）以及错失恐惧症与睡眠质量之间的关系（间接估计值 = 0.0185，P <.05），放大了这些负面影响。
该研究强调了无手机恐惧症在加剧傍晚型生物钟和错失恐惧症对睡眠影响方面的关键作用。针对无手机恐惧症和数字习惯的干预措施可以改善新兴成年人的睡眠和心理健康。
