Üniversite Öğrencilerinde Nomofobi ve Sosyal Anksiyete Düzeylerinin Karşılaştırılması

Abstract

Objectives: The aim of this study is to determine and compare the nomophobia and social anxiety levels of university students.Method: The descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out between April and June 2017 at Ataturk University. 703 university students who used smartphones and agreed to participate in the study were included in it. Personal Information Form, Nomophobia Scale and the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale were used for data collection. Before starting the study, it received the ethics committee approval and written permission in which the study was carried out. Data were analysed using SPSS 20.0 package program.Findings: 78.38% of the students were female, 21.62% were male and 54.62% were 1st-grade students. 31.86% of students reported using smartphones over 5 years and 8.25% reported using smartphones for the last one year. It was determined that students’ general weighted grade point average was 2.57±0.68 and 75.28±25.38 points from Nomophobia Scale, 50.68±12.67 scores from social phobic fear subscale of the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale, and 50.00±13.89 from social phobic avoidance subscale. A statistically significant positive correlation was found between the total scores of the Nomophobia Scale and the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale r=0.195, p