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Al-Mamun, F., Mamun, M.A., Prodhan, M.S., Muktarul, M., Griffiths, M.D. 
ORCID: 0000-0001-8880-6524, Muhit, M. and Sikder, M.T.,
2023.
Nomophobia among university students: prevalence, correlates, and the mediating role of smartphone use between Facebook addiction and nomophobia.
Heliyon, 9 (3): e14284.
ISSN 2405-8440
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Abstract
Nomophobia (‘no mobile phone phobia’) has been growing issue worldwide in recent years and has been associated with a number of psychological and behavioral health-related problems. However, few studies have examined nomophobia in Bangladesh. Therefore, the severity and correlates of nomophobia, and the mediating role of smartphone use between Facebook addiction and nomophobia was investigated. A cross-sectional study utilizing 585 university students was conducted employing a convenience sampling method. Data were collected using a survey in March 2022. The survey comprised questions related to socio-demographics, behavioral health, academic performance, nomophobia, smartphone addiction, Facebook addiction, insomnia, and depression. The mean score of nomophobia was 88.55 out of 140 (±21.71). The prevalence was 9.4% for mild nomophobia, 56.1% for moderate nomophobia, and 34.5% for severe nomophobia. First-year students had higher levels of nomophobia than other years. Significant predictors for nomophobia included daily duration of smartphone time, psychoactive substance use, and being in a relationship. Nomophobia was significantly associated with smartphone addiction, Facebook addiction, insomnia, and depression. Moreover, smartphone addiction significantly mediated the relationship between Facebook addiction and nomophobia. Strategies that help reduce daily smartphone time, and reduce psychoactive substance use might help reduce nomophobia prevalence among university students.
| Item Type: | Journal article | ||||||
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| Publication Title: | Heliyon | ||||||
| Creators: | Al-Mamun, F., Mamun, M.A., Prodhan, M.S., Muktarul, M., Griffiths, M.D., Muhit, M. and Sikder, M.T. | ||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier BV | ||||||
| Date: | March 2023 | ||||||
| Volume: | 9 | ||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||
| ISSN: | 2405-8440 | ||||||
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| Rights: | © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | ||||||
| Divisions: | Schools > School of Social Sciences | ||||||
| Record created by: | Laura Ward | ||||||
| Date Added: | 14 Mar 2023 11:49 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 14 Mar 2023 11:49 | ||||||
| URI: | https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/48503 |
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