Are you 'nomophobic'? It's the fear of being without a phone—and new research indicates it's shockingly widespread.
According to a recent review of 52 studies, about 50 percent of mobile phone users worldwide show moderate symptoms of nomophobia, with another 20 percent showing severe symptoms .
Why those four countries? First, almost everyone in those countries owns a mobile phone: 87 percent in Brazil and China, 89 percent in the United States, and 92 percent in France. Second, studies have found that most young people in those countries are dependent on their phones, addicted to their phones, or spend more than four hours a day on their phones. Third, the selected countries are geographically diverse and economically diverse .
As part of a marketing survey, Li and her team recruited 1,326 young people—more than 300 in each country—from different regions inside each country. All participants were members of Gen Z between the ages of 16 and 24; about half were female. , and losing the convenience of having a smartphone. The NMP-Q includes items such as “I would feel anxious if I could not check my email messages.”Li and her colleagues discovered that characteristics of nomophobia were moderately present in all four countries. They also found that French participants as a group were slightly less nomophobic than Brazilian, Chinese, and American participants.
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