ADDICTA: THE TURKISH JOURNAL ON ADDICTIONS

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To cite this article: Apak, E., & Yaman, Ö. M. (2019). The prevalence of nomophobia among university students and nomophobia’s relationship with social phobia: The case of Bingöl University Addicta: The Turkish Journal on Addictions, 6, 611–629. http://dx.doi.org/10.15805/addicta.2019.6.3.0078 * This is an extended abstract of the paper entitled “Üniversite Öğrencilerinde Nomofobi Yaygınlığı ve Nomofobi ile Sosyal Fobi Arasındaki İlişki: Bingöl Üniversitesi Örneklemi” published in Addicta: The Turkish Journal on Addictions. 1 Correspondence to: Emrah Apak (PhD Candidate), Department of Social Work, Institute of Health Sciences, Istanbul University, Istanbul Turkey. Email: eapak@hotmail.com 2 Department of Social Work, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul University, Istanbul Turkey. Email: omermirac@gmail.com Abstract The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between nomophobia and social phobia and the prevalence of nomophobia (NO-MObile-PHOne-PhoBIA) among university students. Within the scope of the research, 307 students studying at Bingöl University’s Department of Social Work were reached. In order to collect data, a demographic information form with questions about age, grade, and gender was applied alongside the Nomophobia Scale and the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale. According to the results of the study, 41% of the participants are nomophobic. As a result of the study, a low positive correlation has been found between nomophobia and social phobia. These results show nomophobia to have become a rapidly spreading problem among university students and preventive studies to be required on the factors affecting nomophobia and social phobia.