Abstract
The popularity of smartphones among university students is associated with the numerous features and functionalities they provide. A smartphone is the best example in this study since it is a much close gadget to people. It is an essential part to be tackled by everyone to sustain a better and more harmonious interaction among students especially. As a consequence, nomophobia is one of the symptoms of a bad disease that is happening around the world since technology has become a vital thing in our daily life. This study examined the level of nomophobia in one of the public universities located in Selangor, Malaysia. A cross-sectional survey among undergraduate and postgraduate students was approached for this study. Among 300 questionnaires distributed and employed, only 271 were useable. Results found that most of the students had a moderate level of nomophobia. Gender, age, and current academic undertaking were tested to observe whether they played a significant difference in their level of nomophobia. Surprisingly, only their current academic undertaking had a significant difference. This study is very crucial for the university authorities to intervene and find a solution to overcome the growing trends of nomophobia among students when they depend too much on the usage of smartphones.
Metadata
Item Type: | Article |
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Creators: | Creators Email / ID Num. Husniesham, Nur Aliff UNSPECIFIED Rabun, Mohd Nazir nazir2623@uitm.edu.my Syazwan Lai, Sheila Emilly UNSPECIFIED |
Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics > Instruments and machines > Electronic Computers. Computer Science > Mobile computing |
Divisions: | Universiti Teknologi MARA, Terengganu > Dungun Campus |
Journal or Publication Title: | e-Academia Journal |
UiTM Journal Collections: | UiTM Journal > e-Academia Journal (e-AJ) |
ISSN: | 2289 - 6589 |
Volume: | 11 |
Number: | 2 |
Page Range: | pp. 226-237 |
Keywords: | Nomophobia, Age, Gender & Education |
Date: | 2022 |
URI: | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/88969 |