Abstract
Nomophobia is a modern phobia that occurs mostly in adolescents due to addiction to the use of a smartphone. The purpose of this study is to analyze the differences in the level of nomophobia among adolescents based on gender. This is a quantitative research with a comparative descriptive approach. Data were obtained from 400 adolescents selected using the convenience sampling technique. Furthermore, the instrument used was the Indonesian version of the Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q) consisting of 20 valid items with alfa Cronbach of 0,93 developed and adapted by Rangka et al. (2018). While hypothesis testing was carried out using the Independent Sample t-Test formula. The results showed a significant difference between nomophobia in boys and girls, with a t-value of -5.531 at a significance level (p) of 0.000. This means that in east Jakarta, the girls have higher nomophobia than men due to their significant inability to community effectively and efficiently while using their smartphones.
Highlights
Teenagers are faced with various problems, such as an extreme or irrational fear of something known as phobia
Nomophobia in adolescents based on gender: a case study of East Jakarta, Indonesia
This study collected the data using the Indonesian version of the Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q) which is an instrument developed and adapted by Rangka et al in 2018, from an original English version compiled by Yildirim and Correiain 2015
Summary
Teenagers are faced with various problems, such as an extreme or irrational fear of something known as phobia. According to Chaplin (2001), phobia is a strong feeling of anxiety, and irrational fear caused by a special stimulus or the abnormal feeling of uneasiness in an enclosed environment. The DSM-IV-TR stated that there are six main categories of anxiety disorders, one of which is phobia. This anxiety is divided into two types, namely specific and social phobia (Davidson, Neale, and Kring, 2006). One of the most recent types of phobia commonly experienced by adolescents is nomophobia, which is the fear of losing a smartphone. Braggazi and Puente (2014) stated that nomophobia has not been included in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, it has been proposed as a specific type of phobia
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