Nomophobia: Dependency on virtual environments or social phobia?

By A. L. King, A. M. Valença, A. Silva, T. Baczynski, M. Carvalho, A. Nardi. Computers in Human Behavior, 2013

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Sociology and Political Science

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Fear of Missing Out, online social networking and mobile phone addiction: A latent profile approach (2017, unknown): “…terms used include phubbing (Chotpitayasunondh & Douglas, 2016; Karadağ et al., 2015), technostress (Brooks, 2015; Tarafdar, Pullins, & Ragu-Nathan, 2015), nomophobia (Bragazzi & del Puente, 2014; King et al., 2013), and Fear of missing out (FoMO) (Przybylski, Murayama, DeHaan, & Gladwell, 2013).”
Out of sight is not out of mind: The impact of restricting wireless mobile device use on anxiety levels among low, moderate and high users (2014, background): “A group of psychiatric researchers in Brazil have defined a new disorder called Nomophobia, which describes people’s dependencies on mobile devices (King et al., 2013).”
Prevalence of Nomophobia among University Students: A Comparative Study of Pakistani and Turkish Undergraduate Students (2018, background): “1530 Studies carried out in different countries with different cultures have shown the existence and prevalence of nomophobia and its relationship between the other psychological structures (Oksman & Turtiainen, 2004; Toda et al., 2006: Chóliz, 2010; King et al., 2013; Sharma et al., 2015; Tavolacci”
Negative consequences from heavy social networking in adolescents: The mediating role of fear of missing out. (2017, background): “The increase in new technologies and virtual communication involving personal computers, tablets, and mobile phones is causing changes in individuals' daily habits and behavior (King et al., 2013).”
The Relationship between Levels of Nomophobia Prevalence and Internet Addiction among High School Students: The Factors Influencing Nomophobia (2018, background): “…phobia of the 21st century (Bivin et al., 2013), stands for NO MObilePhone PHOBIA and has been described in clinical psychology as the irrational fear of not being able to reach to a mobile phone or not being able to communicate through a mobile device (King et al., 2013; Yildirim & Correia, 2015).”
The Extended iSelf: The Impact of iPhone Separation on Cognition, Emotion, and Physiology (2015, background): “This disorder refers to the pathological fear, anxiety, or discomfort related to being out of touch with technology (King et al., 2013).”
Analysis of nomofobic behaviors of adolescents regarding various factors (2016, background): “Therefore, we think that it is necessary to examine the effects of nomophobia on daily and school life basis through studies considering learning, social cognition and technology-human-being relationship in teenagers (King et al., 2013).”
A growing fear (2016, background): “Recently, another problem, nomophobia, has garnered some attention from researchers (King et al., 2010; King et al., 2013; King et al., 2014; Yildirim and Correia, 2015).”
Is smartphone addiction really an addiction? (2018, background): “The smartphone has become an essential part of daily life and research has shown that certain people become so attached to their device that they experience separation anxiety when it is not with them (Cheever, Rosen, Carrier, & Chavez, 2014; King et al., 2013).”
Exploring the dimensions of nomophobia: Development and validation of a self-reported questionnaire (2015, background): “Therefore, they state that their research focus is less on computers and more on virtual communication environments, including mobile phones (King et al., 2013, p. 142).”