Investigation of Nomofobia and Netlessphobia Levels of Child Development Undergraduate Students
Investigation of Nomofobia and Netlessphobia Levels of Child Development Undergraduate Students

Summary/Abstract: The research aimed to determine the nomophobia and netless phobia levels of undergraduate students of the child development department. In the research carried out with the survey model, one of the quantitative research methods, 195 students studying at Çankırı Karatekin University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Child Development were studied. In the study, “General Information Form”, “Netless phobia Scale” developed by Kanbay et. al. (2021) and “Nomophobia Scale” developed by Yıldırım et. al. (2016) was used to determine the sociodemographic characteristics of the students. It was determined that 94,3% of the participants in the study were female, 60,9% were between the ages of 18-20 and 41,4% were second grade students. As a result of the research, a significant difference was found between the students’ age, gender, grade level, age of owning smart mobile phones and activities done in their spare time and the nomophobia and netless phobia scales, and significant relationships were found between the nomophobia and netless phobia scales. Based on the results obtained from the research, it may be recommended to conduct mixed method research and direct university students to activities where they can spend their free time.

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