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    Nomophobia is a term describing a growing fear of being without a mobile device or contact. Studies show nearly two-thirds of people suffer from nomophobia, feeling anxious when they can't use their phone. Symptoms include students showering with phones and preferring to lose a body part than their phone. Experts recommend balancing screen time with human interaction, turning phones off for periods each day, and placing phones away from the bed at night to address this rising issue.

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    Nomophobia is a term describing a growing fear of being without a mobile device or contact. Studies show nearly two-thirds of people suffer from nomophobia, feeling anxious when they can't use their phone. Symptoms include students showering with phones and preferring to lose a body part than their phone. Experts recommend balancing screen time with human interaction, turning phones off for periods each day, and placing phones away from the bed at night to address this rising issue.

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    Nomophobia is a term describing a growing fear of being without a mobile device or contact. Studies show nearly two-thirds of people suffer from nomophobia, feeling anxious when they can't use their phone. Symptoms include students showering with phones and preferring to lose a body part than their phone. Experts recommend balancing screen time with human interaction, turning phones off for periods each day, and placing phones away from the bed at night to address this rising issue.

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    2/18/2015

    Nomophobia:ARisingTrendinStudents|PsychologyToday

    Nomophobia: A Rising Trend in Students


    Doyouknowthisword?Nomophobiaisatermdescribingagrowingfearin SHARE
    youth.
    PostpublishedbyTimElmoreonSep18,2014inArtificialMaturityTWEET
    SHARE
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    Doyouknowthisword?Nomophobiaisatermdescribingagrowingfear(/basics/fear)in
    todaysworldthefearofbeingwithoutamobiledevice,orbeyondmobilephonecontact.
    Amongtodayshighschoolandcollegestudents,itsontherise.Anincreasingnumberof
    collegestudentsnowshowerwiththeircellphone.Theaverageadolescentwouldratherlose
    apinkyfingerthanacellphone.Agrowingpercentagetextortweetinsteadofactuallytalking
    toothers.
    Nomophobia(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/31/smartphone
    addiction_n_5626996.html)iseverywhereinindustrializednations.Thetermisanabbreviation
    fornomobilephonephobia,whichwascoined
    (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/10267574/Nomophobiaaffectsmajorityof
    UK.html)duringa2010studybytheUKPostOffice.ThePostOfficecommissionedYouGov,a
    researchorganization,tolookatanxietiessufferedbymobilephoneusers.Thestudyfound
    thatnearly53percentofmobilephoneusersinBritaintendtobeanxiouswhentheylosetheir
    mobilephone,runoutofbatteryorcredit,orhavenonetworkcoverage.
    Thestudyfoundthatabout58percentofmenand47percentofwomensufferfromthe
    phobia,andanadditional9percentfeelstressedwhentheirmobilephonesareoff.Thestudy
    sampled2,163people.Fiftyfivepercentofthosesurveyedcitedkeepingintouchwithfriends
    orfamilyasthemainreasonthattheygotanxiouswhentheycouldnotusetheirmobile
    phones.Thestudycomparedstress(/basics/stress)levelsinducedbytheaveragecaseof
    nomophobiatobeonparwiththoseofweddingdayjittersandtripstothedentist.
    IntheU.S.,itsgottenworse
    1. Sixtyfivepercent,orabouttwointhreepeople,sleep(/basics/sleep)withornexttotheir
    smartphones.(Amongcollegestudents,itsevenhigher).
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    2. Thirtyfourpercentadmittedtoansweringtheircellphoneduringintimacywiththeir
    partner.(Hey,whathappenedtovaluingthepersonyouarewithinperson?)
    3. Oneinfivepeoplewouldrathergowithoutshoesforaweekthantakeabreakfromtheir
    phone.(Itsagoodwaytoloseyoursoleandyoursoul).
    4. Morethanhalfneverswitchofftheirphone.(Idcallthatanaddiction(/basics/addiction)).
    5. Afull66percentofalladultssufferfromnomophobia.
    Itstimetotakeabreak
    WheneverIfindmyselfneedingsomethinginordertocope,Ialwayscheckmylifestyleand
    myhealth(/basics/health).Thismaysoundcrazy,butmyruleofthumbisthatIdontallow
    myselftobebroughtunderthecontrolofanything.Outsideoffood,waterandshelter,Iguard
    myselfagainstsubjectiontoanyaddictionthatbeginstodictatemybehavior.Thisincludes
    technology.Irecognizethatcellphones,tablets,computersandothertechnologyintroducedin
    thefuturewillmakemylifeeasierandenablemetoworkmoreefficiently.Myprinciple,
    though,isthis:Technologyshouldbeaservant,notamaster.
    Sowhatshouldwedotomodelabalancedapproachforstudents?
    Besuretherearedailytimesyouturnoffthecellphoneandexperienceeitherfaceto
    faceconversationsorsolitude.
    Balancescreentimeandinpersontimeeachweek.Foreveryhouryouinvestinfrontof
    ascreen,youinvestinhumancontact.
    Tryatechnologyfasteverymonth,whereyouactuallygoforadayormorewithouta
    computer,tabletorphone.Youllfeelliberated.
    Placeyourphoneatleast15feetawayfromyouwhenyousleepatnight.Irealizeyoull
    havetogetuptopushsnooze,butitssaferthisway.
    Blockyourdayintimezones,whereyouspendtimeusingtechnology,butalsohave
    blocksoftimefororganic,genuineinteractionwithpeople.
    Doyouseesignsofnomophobia?Whatelsewouldyouaddtomylistabove?

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