Relationship between loneliness and depressive symptoms with the nomophobia (no mobile phobia) in students
Subject Areas : psycology
1 - استادیار،گروه مدیریت آموزشی، واحد رامسر، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، رامسر، ایران
Keywords: " students", " Loneliness", " depression", "nomophobia", " no mobile phobia",
Abstract :
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between loneliness and depressive symptoms with the nomophobia (no mobile phobia) in students. The research method was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population of this study was students using smartphones in Islamic Azad University of Ramsar in the academic year of 2019. The sample size was selected through Cochran's formula and according to the desired criteria using available sampling to 191 students (97 girls and 94 boys). Data were collected using the nomophobia Questionnaire of Yildirim and coria (2015), Loneliness of Russell et al (1980) and Beck Depression Symptoms (1961) and analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics (Pearson correlation and regression tests). The results showed that there was a significant relationship between loneliness and depressive symptoms with nomophobia (no mobile phobia) (p <0.001). The results of regression analysis also indicate that the contribution of each of the variables of loneliness (0.544) and depressive symptoms (0.292), respectively, had the highest share in predicting students' nomophobia.
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