Nomophobia, Social Interaction Anxiety, and Anhedonia among College Students

Abstract

The present study explores the relation between Nomophobia, Social interaction anxiety and Anhedonia among college students. The sample obtained was200 college students (100 male and 100 female). Convenient sampling was used in this study. Convenience sampling (also known as grab sampling, accidental sampling, or opportunity sampling) is a type of non-probability sampling that involves the sample being drawn from that part of the population that is close to hand.  Instruments such as Nomophobia Questionnaire (Yildirim and Correia., 2015)) , : Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (Mattick and Clarke., 1998) and Snaith Hamilton Pleasure Scale (Snaith and Hamilton., 1995) were used for the collection of data . A cross-sectional comparative, correlational research design is used to compare two groups in an attempt to draw a conclusion about them and determine how related two or more variables are. The result shows that There is a significant relationship between nomophobia and social interaction among college students.