How Problematic Internet Use, Worry About Social Appearance, and Social Media Use Relate to Nursing Students' Fear of Being Without Their Phone

The study involved 755 undergraduate nursing students examining factors influencing nomophobia levels.

• Nomophobia levels are significantly associated with problematic Internet use, social appearance anxiety, and social media dependency.
• The regression analysis indicates a strong positive relationship between nomophobia levels and problematic Internet use (β = .39, P < .000).
• Social appearance anxiety shows a positive association with nomophobia levels (β = .27, P < .001).
• Social media dependency is also positively related to nomophobia levels (β = .28, P < .001).
• Moderate positive correlations exist between nomophobia levels and problematic Internet use (r = 0.259, P < .001), social appearance anxiety (r = 0.320, P < .001), and social media use (r = 0.433, P < .001).

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