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Nomofobia e relação com variáveis psicológicas, sociodemográficas e tempo na internet
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A nomofobia, descrita como o medo excessivo e ansiedade de ficar sem acesso ao telemóvel, tem aumentado a sua incidência de forma exponencial nos últimos anos, o que tem despertado um maior interesse pelo estudo deste fenómeno. O objetivo desta investigação foi efetuar uma descrição da nomofobia, considerando variáveis relacionadas na literatura, designadamente variáveis psicológicas (como autoestima, solidão, satisfação com a vida, phubbing), sociodemográficas e o tempo de navegação na internet. Adicionalmente este estudo teve o propósito de identificar, entre as anteriores, as variáveis explicativas da nomofobia e de cada fator de nomofobia (1 - não poder comunicar, 2 - perder a conexão, 3 - não poder aceder à informação, 4 - abdicar da conveniência do smartphone). Com essa finalidade, foi recolhida informação através de um questionário online numa amostra de 306 pessoas, com idade entre os 18 e os 79 anos (M = 38.0, SD = 16.3), incluindo 210 mulheres (68.6%) e 96 homens (31.4%), a residir em Portugal, com conhecimento da língua portuguesa e utilizadores de smartphone. Com recurso à análise de regressão linear múltipla, os resultados permitiram identificar um modelo parcimonioso constituído pelas variáveis phubbing e sexo como preditoras da nomofobia, bem como do primeiro e quarto fatores. No caso do segundo e terceiro fatores de nomofobia, o phubbing apresentou-se como única variável explicativa. Apesar de estudos terem mostrado que construtos psicológicos como autoestima, solidão e satisfação com a vida estão relacionados com a nomofobia, o phubbing revelou maior poder explicativo no conjunto das variáveis. Assim, a presente investigação contribui para uma melhor compreensão deste fenómeno.
Nomophobia, described as the excessive fear and anxiety of being without access to a cell phone, has increased its incidence exponentially in recent years, which has sparked greater interest in the study of this phenomenon. The objective of this investigation was to describe nomophobia, along with several variables potentially related the literature to it, namely psychological variables (such as self-esteem, loneliness, satisfaction with life, phubbing), sociodemographic variables and inter-net browsing time. Additionally, this study aimed to identify, among the previous ones, the explan-atory variables of nomophobia and each factor of nomophobia (1 - not being able to communicate, 2 - losing connection, 3 - not being able to access information, 4 - giving up the convenience of the smartphone). For this purpose, information was collected through an online questionnaire from a sample of 306 people, aged between 18 and 79 years (M = 38.0, SD = 16.3), including 210 women (68.6%) and 96 men (31.4%), residing in Portugal, with knowledge of the Portuguese language and smartphone users. Using multiple linear regression analysis, the results allowed the identification of a parsimonious model consisting of the variables phubbing and sex as predictors of nomophobia, as well as the first and fourth factors. In the case of the second and third factors of nomophobia, phubbing was the only explanatory variable. Although studies have shown that psychological con-structs such as self-esteem, loneliness and life satisfaction are related to nomophobia, phubbing revealed greater explanatory power in the set of variables. Therefore, the present investigation con-tributes to a better understanding of this phenomenon.
Nomophobia, described as the excessive fear and anxiety of being without access to a cell phone, has increased its incidence exponentially in recent years, which has sparked greater interest in the study of this phenomenon. The objective of this investigation was to describe nomophobia, along with several variables potentially related the literature to it, namely psychological variables (such as self-esteem, loneliness, satisfaction with life, phubbing), sociodemographic variables and inter-net browsing time. Additionally, this study aimed to identify, among the previous ones, the explan-atory variables of nomophobia and each factor of nomophobia (1 - not being able to communicate, 2 - losing connection, 3 - not being able to access information, 4 - giving up the convenience of the smartphone). For this purpose, information was collected through an online questionnaire from a sample of 306 people, aged between 18 and 79 years (M = 38.0, SD = 16.3), including 210 women (68.6%) and 96 men (31.4%), residing in Portugal, with knowledge of the Portuguese language and smartphone users. Using multiple linear regression analysis, the results allowed the identification of a parsimonious model consisting of the variables phubbing and sex as predictors of nomophobia, as well as the first and fourth factors. In the case of the second and third factors of nomophobia, phubbing was the only explanatory variable. Although studies have shown that psychological con-structs such as self-esteem, loneliness and life satisfaction are related to nomophobia, phubbing revealed greater explanatory power in the set of variables. Therefore, the present investigation con-tributes to a better understanding of this phenomenon.
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Nomofobia Phubbing Caraterísticas sociodemográficas Construtos psicológicos Modelos de regressão