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Research Article | Open Access
Volume 12 2020 | None
Nomophobia in University Students
Melsi Victoria Hernández-Torrejón Lucila Pastor-Molina Lizeth Sosa-Manchego
Pages: 488-495
Abstract
The objective of the article is to know the reasons and characteristics of nomophobia in university students. Scielo, Redalyc, ProQuest, Google Scholar, Mendeley and EBSCO are consulted. Articles by year and languages are filtered in a methodical, sequenced and ordered way. It is found that there is an increase in the use of the cell phone in young university students, access the internet through the cell phone, seek to be connected, is socially isolated, present psychological and behavioral features associated with nomophobia. It is concluded that the young university student uses the cell phone as a tool for communication, chat, and online games, presenting high statistics on its use.
Keywords
Nomophobia; smartphone; university students
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