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Relationship between nomophobia and fear of missing out among Turkish university students
Relationship between nomophobia and fear of missing out among Turkish university students

Author(s): Deniz Mertkan Gezgin, Nazire Burcin Hamutoglu, Gozde Sezen-Gultekin, Orhan Gemikonakli
Subject(s): Education, Higher Education
Published by: Birlesik Dunya Yenilik Arastirma ve Yayincilik Merkezi
Keywords: Fear of missing out; nomophobia; SNS; university students;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between no mobile phobia (nomophobia) which is defined as a modern fear of being unable to communicate through the mobile phone, and Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) which is known to be related with the problematic relationship with Social Networking Sites (SNSs), and play a critical role in the increased use of Social Networking Sites (SNS). The data were collected from a convenient sample of 538 university students via Nomophobia (NMP-Q) and FOMO Scales, The results show that a positive moderate level of relationship was found between Nomophobia and FOMO levels. The findings showed that FOMO level of university students predicts 41% of the total variance at the Nomophobia level. That is, when FOMO level increases, students' nomophobia level can be predicted from data depicting the increase.

  • Issue Year: 13/2018
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 549-561
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English