Behavioral Patterns of the Modern Age Addiction: Nomophobia of Future Managers

Abstract

Nomophobia, is one of the most recent phobias of the 21^st century emerged due to the improvement of communication technologies and changing expectance of people in communicating. This study aims to explore the level of nomophobia based on some of the major demographic factors such as age, gender and monthly income. Furthermore, it looks into the relationship between variables of phone use, such as frequency of checking the phone and time of phone ownership, and the four dimensions of nomophobia. As the instruments of the study, a demographic questionnaire and the Nomophobia Questionnaire designed by Yıldırım and Correia (2015) were administered to 242 Business and Administration students at a Turkish university. The findings revealed that the level of nomophobia did not differ based on the demographic variables. It found that the more frequent the participants checked their phone the lower their level of nomophobia was. In a similar vein, participants who checked their phone in the morning and night have indicated to be less nomophobic. The results were discussed and implications suggested. 

Keywords

• Young entrepreneurs,Nomophobia,Turkish State University

Modern Çağ Bağımlılığının Davranışsal Örüntüleri: Geleceğin Yöneticilerinin Nomofobisi

Öz

Nomofobi; insanların iletişim kurmadaki beklenti değişikliklerinden ve iletişim teknolojilerindeki gelişmelerden dolayı ortaya çıkan en güncel 21. yüzyıl fobilerinden birisidir. Bu çalışma yaş, cinsiyet ve aylık gelir gibi ana demografik faktörleri baz alarak nomofobinin seviyesini ölçmeyi amaçlar. Buna ek olarak telefonu kontrol etme sıklığı ve telefona sahiplik süresi gibi telefon kullanım değişkenleri ve nomofobinin dört boyutu arasındaki ilişkiyi inceler. Bu çalışmada; ölçek olarak demografik bir anket ve Yıldırım ve Correia tarafından (2015) geliştirilmiş “Nomofobi Ölçeği” Türkiye’deki bir devlet üniversitesinde eğitim gören 242 işletme bölümü öğrencisine uygulanmıştır. Araştırmanın bulguları; nomofobi seviyesinin demografik değişkenlere göre değişmediğini göstermiştir. Katılımcılar telefonlarını ne kadar sıklıkla kontrol etmişlerse nomofobi seviyeleri bir o kadar düşük çıkmıştır. Benzer bir şekilde sabah ve gece telefonuu control eden katılımcıların daha az nomfobik olduğu gözlemlenmiştir. Araştırma sonuçları tartışılmış ve öneriler sunulmuştur. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Young entrepreneurs,Nomophobia,Turkish State University

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