A STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING NOMOPHOBIA (MOBILE PHONE ADDICTION) AND ITS PREVENTION

Author Name: 1. Ms. Kusum Lata 2. Dr. Snehlata Yadav

Volume/Issue: 02/02

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://www.doi-ds.org/doilink/07.2021-18144233/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. Ph.D. Scholar, Maharaj Vinayak Global University, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India                                        
2. Associate Professor, BMCHRC College of Nursing, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

ABSTRACT

A communication is the base of all relationships. The mobile phone is becoming the primary personal communication mechanism. Nomophobia is a term describing a growing fear in today’s world — the fear of being without a mobile device, or beyond mobile phone contact. Nomophobia, a form of behavioral addiction towards mobile phones and manifested as symptoms of psychological as well as physical dependency considering the ill effects of chronic use mobile phones. The study was aimed to assess the existing knowledge of adolescents on nomophobia, to evaluate the effectiveness of PTP on nomophobia, to find the association between post-test knowledge scores and their selected socio demographic variables.

Key words: Optimized-Reverse-Co-Precipitation Method, Magnetite Nanoparticles, FTIR.