A growing fear: Prevalence of nomophobia among Turkish college students

被引：170

作者：

Yildirim, Caglar ^{[1
]}

Sumuer, Evren ^{[2
]}

Adnan, Muge ^{[3
]}

Yildirim, Soner ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] Iowa State Univ, Human Comp Interact, 1620 Howe Hall, Ames, IA USA

[2] Kocaeli Univ, Dept Comp Educ & Instruct Technol, Izmit, Turkey

[3] Mugla Sitki Kocman Univ, Dept Informat, Mugla, Turkey

[4] Middle East Tech Univ, Dept Comp Educ & Instruct Technol, Ankara, Turkey

来源：

INFORMATION DEVELOPMENT | 2016年 / 32卷 / 05期

关键词：

nomophobia; smartphones; young adults; Turkey; MOBILE PHONE; ADDICTION;

D O I：

10.1177/0266666915599025

中图分类号：

G25 [图书馆学、图书馆事业]; G35 [情报学、情报工作];

学科分类号：

1205 ; 120501 ;

摘要：

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of nomophobia (the fear of being out of mobile phone contact) among young adults in Turkey. The Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q) was administered to 537 Turkish college students. The results revealed 42.6% of young adults had nomophobia, and their greatest fears were related to communication and information access. The study also found that gender and the duration of smartphone ownership had an effect on young adults' nomophobic behaviors, whereas age and the duration of mobile phone ownership had no effect. Based on these results, implications, limitations, and further studies were discussed.

引用

页码：1322 / 1331

页数：10

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