Fear of missing out and its relationship with No Mobile Phobia (Nomophobia) among expatriate adolescents

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1 Associate Professor, Department of Special Education, King Khalid University. And Assistant Professor of Mental Health, Faculty of Specific Education, Ain Shams University

2 Associate Professor of Mental Health at King Khalid University Saudi Arabia

3 Associate Professor, Department of Special Education, King Khalid University. And Assistant Professor of Mental Health, Faculty of Education, New Valley University

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the nature of the correlation relationship between Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO) and No Mobile Phobia (Nomophobia) among expatriate adolescents, explore the gender differences in both FOMO and Nomophobia, verify the relative contribution of FOMO to predict with Nomophobia among sample of the study. The sample of the study consisted of (584) expatriate adolescents in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (352 males, 232 females) whose ages ranged between (15-17) years, and the study used FOMOscale (Prepared by: Przybylski et al., 2013, translated by the current researchers), and Nomophobia scale (prepared by the current researchers). The study reached the following results: there was a positive significant statistical correlation relationship between FOMO and Nomophobia among expatriate adolescents, there were no significant statistical differences between males and females in FOMO, there were significant statistical differences between males and females in Nomophobia for females, and the contribution of FOMO to predict Nomophobia among expatriate adolescents. The results of the study were discussed in light of literature and previous studies.

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المجلة التربوية لکلية التربية بسوهاج
Volume 82, Issue 82 - Serial Number 82
مناهج وطرق التدریس ( اللغة العربیة- الإنجلیزیة – الفرنسیة – الریاضیات – العلوم- الفنون- الاقتصاد المنزلی- التجاری ... )
February 2021
Pages 11-70

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  • Receive Date: 01 September 2020
  • Revise Date: 15 September 2020
  • Accept Date: 30 September 2020

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