Home⇛International Journal on Social Innovation & Research⇛vol. 15 no. 1 (2023)

Nomophobia Among College And Senior High School Students Of St. Paul University Quezon City

Madelyn E Menor | Marlon Patrick P. Lofredo | Aurora Dela Vega | Marie Antoniette Alino

Discipline: Psychology and Health

 

Abstract:

Nomophobia, the fear of being without one’s mobile phone or unable to use it has become an increasing concern among parents with their children at home and among teachers with their students I school This paper analyzed the relationship between uses of smartphone and dominant indicators of nomophobia among the respondents, length of smartphone use and ownership and their relationship to nomophobia and made some recommendations for a smartphonethics for the young and their parents. This study hopes to raise this alarming technologymediated psychological disorder and provide information and help to educators, parents, and the students on how to deal with it and avert further damage or even death among the young.



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