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Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Correlation Coefficients between Nomophobia and Anxiety, Smartphone Addiction, and Insomnia Symptoms

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Daraj, Lateefa Rashed, AlGhareeb, Muneera, Almutawa, Yaser Mansoor, Trabelsi, Khaled, Jahrami, Haitham·2023·Healthcare

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Nomophobia is an emerging phenomenon in the 21st century. Consequently, it results in various health problems, both physical and psychological. The following systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to establish the relationship between nomophobia with anxiety, smartphone addiction, and insomnia. To identify the relevant studies, we searched through several databases. Out of the 1523 studies identified, 16 studies met the inclusion criteria. After conducting the statistical analysis, the results revealed that anxiety r = 0.31 (95% CI: 0.25 to 0.38), smartphone addiction r = 0.39 (95% CI: 0.04 to 0.75), and insomnia r = 0.56 (95% CI: 0.38 to 0.75) are positively associated with nomophobia. Mobile phone usage has become inevitable, even for individuals who use it to a lesser degree than others, to perform simple tasks, such as communicating with others or for educational purposes. It is crucial to raise awareness about the consequences of overusing these devices, including the physical and psychological complications in both the short and long terms.

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  • The relationship between smartphone addiction and nomophobia is considered reciprocal, with evidence of moderate to high correlations across different populations.

    “La relación entre ambas se considera recíproca y existe cierta evidencia de correlaciones moderadas y altas que afectan a diferentes tipos de población (Buctot et al. , 2020; Daraj et al. , 2023; Díaz y Extremera, 2020).”

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    The Discussion reports positive, moderate correlations between nomophobia and smartphone addiction, and the Results (§3.4; page unavailable) pool six studies, though their findings are highly heterogeneous and some may be negative. The Introduction suggests that nomophobia might contribute to smartphone addiction, but its proposed reverse direction concerns social media addiction, not smartphone addiction; the paper therefore does not establish the claimed reciprocal relationship or consistently moderate-to-high correlations. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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Authors
Daraj, L. R., AlGhareeb, M., Almutawa, Y. M., Trabelsi, K., & Jahrami, H.
Affiliations
  • Arabian Gulf University (BH)
  • University of Sfax (TN)
  • Government Hospitals (BH)
Corresponding author
Jahrami, Haitham
Venue
Healthcare
Publisher
MDPI AG
Published
2023-07-19
Volume
11
Issue
14
Pages
2066
ISSN
2227-9032 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4384932193
Cited by
64
References
41
Citations by year
2026: 20 · 2025: 25 · 2024: 16 · 2023: 3
FWCI
3.25
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Healthcare (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
Keywords
nomophobia, smartphone addiction, anxiety, insomnia, smartphone overuse, mobile phone use

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