Neurological Syndrome Of Anxiety And Depression As An Outcome Of Nomophobia

Abstract

Conceptual Frameworks

People frequently utilise their mobile phones for the most of the day due to their appealing features. Some people, particularly college students, use them for roughly 9 to 10 hours a day. Addiction is a psychological condition that is characterised by the inability to stop taking a substance or acting in a certain way. Smart phones do not fit the definition of a chemically addictive substance as given by the DSM-V. Although DSM-V covers other disorders that are not related to drug consumption, such gambling disorder. Therefore, excessive cellophane use is viewed as an addiction.

Methodology

We sought to determine whether there was a relationship between nomophobia and other psychiatric disorders such depression, anxiety, and stress in this study. The investigation's design is based on related patterns seen in cross-sectional and quantitative research methods. Such a study strategy provides insight into the interactions between two or more factors. India was chosen at random for the sample. There were 200 people in the research study group, 100 of whom were women and 100 men. the same percentage of each gender. These people, who lived in India, were young adults (18 to 25 years old). The members' average age was 21.5 years.

Findings of the Research

Users are more likely to develop attached to their smartphones if they consider them as an extension of themselves, which in turn makes people more prone to experience nomophobia by enhancing the desire for close proximity to their phones. Which in turn causing stress and anxiety.

Limitations of the Research

The study's age restrictions placed participants between the ages of 18 and 25. The study was solely done on young people living in cities. Since self-rating scales were utilised to collect the data, the limitations of these scales apply to the current investigation.