Translation and Validation of the Nomophobia Questionnaire in the Italian Language: Exploratory Factor Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nomophobia, which is a neologism derived from the combination of "no mobile," "phone," and "phobia" is considered to be a modern situational phobia and indicates a fear of feeling disconnected.

Objective

No psychometric scales are available in Italian for investigating such a construct. We therefore planned a translation and validation study of the Nomophobia Questionnaire (NMP-Q), which is an instrument developed by Yildirim and Correia. Subjects were recruited via an online survey using a snowball approach.

Methods

The NMP-Q was translated from English into Italian using a classical "backwards and forwards" procedure. In order to explore the underlying factor structure of the translated questionnaire, an exploratory factor analysis was carried out. A prin

SUBMITTER: Adawi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5799721 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature