A Study to Assess the Knowledge Regarding Management of Nomophobia Among Adolescents in Selected School at Pathanamthitta District With a View to Develop an Information Booklet
Abstract
Shani John, Sibi Kunjumon, Sneha Mariam Jacob, Sona Jose, Sreelakshmi R, Treesa Sebastian, Elsa Aswathy Joy and Shina John
Fear of being away from smartphone is one of the emerging disorder which is termed as??NOMOPHOBIA? that is NO-Mobile phone-PHOBIA. People get very anxious when they lose their mobile phone, run out of battery or due to less network connectivity. It is a fast spreading global disorder, which is neglected and not taken seriously among adolescents. Nowadays in the pandemic scenario, the life has totally changed and the mobile phone is considered as necessity. This change has great impact in health of people especially adolescents. This study was aimed to assess the knowledge regarding management of nomophobia among young adolescents in selected school of Pathanamthitta district with a view to develop an information booklet. The objectives of study were to assess the knowledge regarding management of nomophobia among adolescents, to find the association between knowledge regarding management of nomophobia with selected demographic variables, to develop an information booklet regarding management of nomophobia. Research design adopted for the study was descriptive research design, non-probability convenience sampling technique was carried to select the study subjects, and the study was conducted on 120 young adolescents of Believers Church Residential School Thiruvalla after getting consent from the participant and higher authority. The data is collected using Structured Knowledge Questionnaire method. The study shows that the most of the young adolescents have average knowledge of 47.5%, 30.83% have good knowledge and 21.66% have poor knowledge regarding management of nomophobia. The study also shows significant association between knowledge regarding management of nomophobia among young adolescents and selected socio-demographic variables like age, gender, education, area of living, relative position in family, income, frequency and duration of smartphone usage and previous knowledge regarding management of nomophobia. After the completion of data collection process and analysis of data, an information booklet was provided describing the information about concept, symptoms, consequences and management of nomophobia [1].