psychometric properties of the nomophobia questionnaire among Iranian students

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soroor sadat sayyah ¹ , abolfazl ghadami ² , fatemeh azadi ³

1 - Master of Psychometric, Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Master of Science in Measurement and Evaluation of Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Master Psychometric Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2018-02-28 Accepted : 2018-04-28 Published : 2022-08-23

Keywords: Standardization, Iranian Students, Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q),

Abstract :

AbstractThe purpose of this study was to investigate the psychometric properties of the Nomophobia questionnaire among Iranian students. This study was a survey. The sample size consisted of 384 students (186 boys and 198 girls) from the students of Islamic Azad university central Tehran branch in the academic year of 1395-96, were selected using Multi-Stages cluster sampling. The Nomphobia questionnaire (NMP-Q) was translated into Persian and then performed on 50 students. Its Cronbach's alpha coefficient was satisfying for the whole scale and its components, and it was ultimately decided that the final implementation would be unchanged. The results of exploratory factor analysis showed that this questionnaire had 4 factors which in total determined 48.1% of the total variance. The results also showed that Cronbach's alpha's reliability was 0.81 for the whole questionnaire, for Not being able to access information 0.81, for Giving up convenience 0.79, for Not being able to communicate 0.82 and Losing connectedness 0.83. This study confirmed that the (NMP-Q) questionnaire could be used as a reliable tool for measuring the mobile phobia in Iranian students. The validity of this questionnaire is proposed at the general population level.Keywords: Standardization; Nomobophobia (NMP-Q); Iranian Students.