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| Published: December 20, 2024
The Impact of Smartphone Addiction and Nomophobia on Lifestyle Factors
Research Scholar, Department of Psychology, Osmania University, Hyderabad. Google Scholar More about the auther
Sr. Professor (Retd.), Department of Psychology, Osmania University, Hyderabad. Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.206.20241204
DOI: 10.25215/1204.206
ABSTRACT
Smartphone addiction and nomophobia are social problems many people suffer in this modern digital society, and not thinking of the disadvantages of using for prolonged hours. This study looks at how smartphone addiction and nomophobia influence the various aspects smartphone users. Including quality of sleep, physical activity, and eating habits. The study uses mixed methods: quantitative and qualitative to find the level of smartphone usage and nomophobia. The findings of the study reveal that people who misuse smartphones have poor lifestyle outcomes and health with high use of the device associated with adverse lifestyles in the young generation. Future studies on digital detox and mindful use of smartphone are needed.
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2024, Bhushan, T.R. & Naidu, S.B.
Received: December 09, 2024; Revision Received: December 16, 2024; Accepted: December 20, 2024
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.206.20241204
10.25215/1204.206
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Published in Volume 12, Issue 4, October- December, 2024