Exploring nomophobia with a German adaption of the nomophobia questionnaire (NMP-Q-D).

ABSTRACT: Nomophobia is considered a disorder of the modern world and describes the fear of being separated from one's smartphone and being no longer connected and reachable. The aims of this Study were to translate the nomophobia questionnaire (NMP-Q) into German, validate the NMP-Q-D, and use it to shed light on the nomophobia construct. A total of 807 volunteer test subjects were included in the evaluation, 50 of them participated five months later in a retest study. A 4-factor structure of the NMP-Q-D could be confirmed by exploratory as well as by confirmatory factor analyses. The four factors are: (1) "Not being able to communicate", (2) "Losing connectedness", (3) "Not being able to access information", and (4) "Giving up convenience". The Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the NMP-Q-D was .92 a

SUBMITTER: Coenen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9803150 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature