• Ms.Shraddha Sugam Patel

Nomophobia is a term describing a growing fear in today’s world — the fear of being without a mobile device, or beyond mobile phone contact. Among today’s high school and college students, it’s on the rise. An increasing number of college students now shower with their cell phone. The average adolescent would rather lose a pinky-finger than a cell phone. a research organization found that in the UK, there were as many as 53 % people who would get anxious when they lost their mobile phones, ran out of battery or talk time balance, or wouldn’t have coverage. The figures may be big in the UK, but psychiatrists in India say they are battling with a similar scenario. Objective: To assess the level of nomophobia among students & To find an association between demographic variables & level of nomophobia among students. Methodology: A descriptive research design was adopted for this study. Convenient sampling was used to select the samples. Samples: Total 100 students in the age group of 19 to 22 years studying in college were selected. Modified behaviour scales were used to assess the level of nomophobia among students. Results: In this study overall highest percentage in the demographic data including the Age 55% ( 18 – 20 years ), Gender 54 % ( Male ) , duration of smart phone usage 27 % (3 year to <4 year),Hours of using smart phone 36 % ( greater than 5 hours ),purpose of using smartphone 90%(checking social media),frequency of using smartphone 20%(every 20 minutes), Number of selfies taken 50%(once in a month),Number of applications in mobile phone 38%(between 10 to 20 applications),Types of applications used most 94%(social media applications),Situation of using smartphone 84%(when they’re bored). The mean scores of nomophobia was 91.15. In assessment of nomophobia among students, highest percentage (51 %) of students were having moderate nomophobia whereas at least (2%) of students were having absence of nomophobia. The categories mild nomophobia & severe nomophobia were having 8% & 39 % of students. The study showed that there was no association between the level of nomophobia and the selected socio-demographic variables like age, year of study , duration of smart phone usage , hours of smart phone usage , purposes for smart phone usage , frequency of smart phone usage , number of application in smart phone usage , purposes of using mobile applications & situation for using smart phone. Only the gender & frequency of taking selfie was having significant association with level of nomophobia at 0.05 level. Conclusion: Prevalence of nomophobia among students was 91.15% and majority had moderate level of nomophobia.

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"Nomophobia: Recent and Rising Trend in Students", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.740-744, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908110.pdf

"Nomophobia: Recent and Rising Trend in Students", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp740-744, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908110.pdf