Thinking About Losing Your Mobile

 

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 According to Professor Gail Kinman of the University of Bedfordshire: “Nomophobia can drive individuals to become preoccupied with their phone and turn to it if they are depressed, anxious, and lonely. This is especially true for individuals with pre-existing anxiety, who may equate their phones with a comfort blanket.

What is Nomophobia?

The simple answer is No-mobile-phone phobia. Fear of losing mobile or losing network is Nomophobia.

Shambare, Rugimbana & Zhowa claimed that cell phones are "possibly the biggest non-drug addiction of the 21st century".

Research:

A 2008 study by the UK Post Office found that nearly 53% of mobile phone users in Britain become anxious when they :

1. Lose their mobile phone

2. Run out of battery or credit

3. Have no network coverage

The study of 2,163 people found that about 58% of men and 47% of women suffer from the phobia. 9% feel stressed when their mobile phones are off.

Another survey conducted by SecurEnvoy showed that 77% of the teens reported anxiety and worries when they were without their mobile phones.

Symptoms:

• anxiety

• panic

• fear

• depression

• dependence

• loneliness

Physical symptoms:

• tightness in your chest

• trouble breathing

• trembling or shaking

• increased sweating

• feeling like fainting, dizzy or disoriented

• tachycardia

• agitation

Iowa State University researchers Caglar Yildirim and Ana-Paula Correia made a questionnaire to conduct a study. The study was published in the journal Computers in Human Behavior. 

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