Nomophobia and Its Relationship to Alexithymia and Time Management Among a Sample of University Students in Light of Digital Transformation

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Lecturer in Psychology, Faculty of Humanties Studies, Al-Azhar University

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The current research aimed to investigate the relationship between nomophobia scores and both alexithymia and time management among a sample of university students in light of digital transformation. It also sought to detect if there were statistically significant differences in the sample's mean scores on the nomophobia scale according to gender (male/female) and duration of use (less than 3 hours / more than 3 hours) and the interaction between them. Additionally, it aimed to verify the possibility of predicting nomophobia through alexithymia and time management variables among a sample of university students in light of digital transformation. The study involved 462 university students aged 18-22 years, including 228 females and 234 males. Using the comparative descriptive approach, three scales were applied: Nomophobia Scale (the researchers), Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS-20) (Taylor et al., 1994), and Time Management Scale (Ragban et al., 2015).
The results revealed a statistically significant positive correlation at the 0.01 level between the total score of nomophobia and its subdimensions and the total score of alexithymia and its subdimensions. It also revealed a statistically significant negative correlation between the total score of nomophobia and its dimensions and the total score of time management. Statistically significant differences in the mean scores of university students on the nomophobia scale as a whole according to gender in favor of females. Differences in nomophobia were also found according to the number of hours variable in favor of phone users (more than three hours). A statistically significant interaction effect between gender and number of hours in favor of females using more than three hours. Moreover, results indicated the possibility of predicting nomophobia statistically significantly through alexithymia and time management among research sample.

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