Nomophobia: The problem lies at our fingertips

Pages: 1135-1139
Saroj Sharma Nagpal (Post-Graduate Government College, Sector 11, Chandigarh)
Ramanpreet Kaur (Department of Psychology, Panjab University, Chandigarh)

This study is an attempt to understand the modern age mobile phone addiction- nomophobia and its relationship with impulsiveness in youngsters. Nomophobia is on the rise in the population on account of technology dependence and penetration of mobile phones in the society. The literal meaning of nomophobia is the no-mobile-phone phobia. It is an anxiety experienced by an individual when he/she is not having access to their mobile phone. Impulsiveness is lack of impulse control and inability to delay gratification. This paper also examines gender differences in nomophobia and impulsiveness. For this purpose, sample was drawn from college students. The sample comprised two hundred bachelors and masters degrees students (N=200) i.e., one hundred males and one hundred females from the age range of 18-23 years. The questionnaire was administered to them after procuring informed consent. The techniques of Pearson Product Moment Correlation and student’s t-test were employed for the analysis of data.