Nomophobia and Its Relation with Self-esteem among Young Adults

High dependency on mobile phones may cause cognitive, emotional, and academic impairments among students. This study aims to assess the level of nomophobia among young adults and evaluate the relationship between nomophobia and self-esteem. An exploratory study was conducted online, collecting data from 204 participants aged 18 to 24 through purposive sampling. Among the participants, 75 were male (36.8%) and 129 were female (63.2%). The tools used for the study included the Nomophobia Questionnaire (Yildirim and Correia) and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. Descriptive and inferential statistics were utilized to analyze the results using SPSS. The Mann-Whitney U test and Spearman’s correlation were applied. The findings indicate that there is no significant difference in the level of nomophobia between male and female participants. Additionally, there is a negative correlation between nomophobia and self-esteem.