Title : Nomophobia impact on adolescents and intervention strategies
Abstract:
Digital devices have largely occupied all the fields and taken the place of almost everything in our life activities. we’re all spending too much time on our phones. The usage of mobile phones and wireless technology has been maximally used by youth of the present day. They tend to use mobile phones to carry out most of their assignments, both at personal and professional level. Since adolescence is marked as a transition phase, wherein they undergo many developmental processes in their physical and mental status, this stage of life has been proved to have witnessed the development of risk-taking abilities, which if not made to fall into regulated pattern, would lead to dangerous behaviours.
This is where the rightly-coined term, Nomophbia (NO MObile PHone PhoBIA) comes into play. Considered a modern phobia, Nomophobia arises from a feeling of not being able to make and receive phone calls, send or receive text messages, losing internet connectivity and access to social networking sites and being unable to access information online. Mental health experts haven’t yet decided on formal diagnostic criteria for this condition. However, it’s generally agreed that nomophobia presents a concern to mental health. Some experts have even suggested nomophobia represents a type of phone dependence or addiction.
While people often feel that they can't imagine life without their tech devices, research and surveys have found that technology use can also contribute to stress. In the American Psychological Associations' annual Stress in America survey, a fifth of U.S. adults (around 18%) cited technology use as a significant source of stress in their life. For many, it is the ever-present digital connection and constant need to keep checking emails, texts, and social media that accounted for the majority of this tech stress.
Symptoms include; experiencing anxiety or panic over losing your phone, obsessively checking for missed calls, emails and texts. In adolescents, the research suggests that nomophobia negatively affects personality, self-esteem, anxiety, stress, academic performance, and other physical and mental health problems.
Effect of mobile phone on students and fear of not having their phones with them is increasing elaborately, that needs to be controlled, which if not achieved, would negatively hamper their academic performance and their being in the society. Some people find giving up their devices fairly easy. Others will find it much more difficult and even anxiety-provoking at times. Various approaches can be planned to overcome the suffering from nomophobia, and those effects will be appreciated if it is holistic.
What will audience learn from your presentation?
- Certainly, helps to have good sleep, improve concentration, reduce stress, recover happiness, and even boosts our mental health.
- Practically supports students to excel academically securing well in examinations.
- Detoxing from digital devices assists us to focus on real-life social interactions without distractions.
