Do Age and Educational Stage Influence No-Mobile-Phone Phobia

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15508306
AutoresAntonio-Manuel Rodríguez-García (0000-0003-3394-2777, Universidad de Granada), José Antonio Marín Marín (0000-0001-8623-4796, Universidad de Granada, autor de correspondencia), Juan-Antonio López-Núñez (0000-0001-9881-9169, Universidad de Granada), Antonio-José Moreno-Guerrero (0000-0003-3191-2048, Universidad de Granada)
Año2021
Volumen18
Número9
Páginas4450-4450
Fecha de publicación2021-04-22
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditorialMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph18094450
PMID33922221
OpenAlexW3154590996
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas12

Technological progress not only brings with it resources that improve and facilitate the day-to-day life of the people who make up society but also entails health risks, with the emergence of terms, such as nomophobia, which is considered an anxiety disorder produced by the fear that not having a mobile phone generates in a person. This research aims to identify the relationship and influence between levels of nomophobia and the age or educational stage of students. The research method is based on a correlational and predictive design of quantitative methodology. The instrument used is the NMP-Q questionnaire. The study population is students from different educational stages (obligatory secondary education, baccalaureate, vocational training and university). The results show that students over 12 years old present an average level of "nomophobia" (no-mobile-phone phobia), namely, not being able to communicate with the family where the highest levels are presented. We conclude that students over 12 years of age and of any educational stage present an average level of nomophobia, and it cannot be determined that either the educational stage or the age are determining factors in the presentation of this problem. This can occur at any age and at any level of the different educational stages, although there are risk indicators that we should bear in mind to avoid the appearance of nomophobia

Anxiety · Developmental psychology · Mobile phone · Pedagogy · Population · Presentation (obstetrics · Psychiatry · Sociology · Vocational education · Clinical Psychology · Demography · Education, Sociology, Communication Studies · Educational Methods and Impacts · Engineering · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Medicine · Psychology