Influence of Nomophobia and Loneliness on Young Adults

Abstract

In the 22nd century, communication technology has advanced to a point where it is almost unrecognizable from what we have today. Mobile phones have become an integral part of everyone’s lives and people are not only getting addicted to their phones but also becoming lonely. Increasing usage of mobile phone has considerably made differences in people’s life.  It is important to explore how they are related. This study aims to find out the relationship between nomophobia and loneliness and its prevalence regarding smartphones and internet use among young adults. The data was collected from 199 young adults under the age range of 18 to 25 years. The tools used were UCLA Scale for measuring loneliness and NMP-Q Scale for nomophobia levels in young adults. A total of 199 young adults in the 18-25 participated voluntarily in the study, of which 100 were females and 99 were males. The study used a Correlational research design and the statistical tests done were descriptive statistics, Independent samples t-test, Pearson correlation, and Cohen’s d affect size test. Based on all the responses and the analysis, the study’s major finding is that there is a significant relationship between nomophobia and loneliness level and loneliness level is significant in males and females. The results revealed that there is no significant difference between males and females for nomophobia levels.