Abstract:

The purpose of this research is to determine the nomophobia level of education faculty students according to their personel characteristics and intelligent phone usage status. The sample group of the study consisted of 429 students of the Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University Education Faculty Department. Nomophobia scale and demographics data questionnaire form were used in the data collection process. It was concluded that the smartphone addiction points of the students differed according to gender, education department, general arithmetic grade point average, daily and instant use time, pre-sleep use, and the availability of a bedside telephone during the sleep process. Accordingly; women and the participants having education at the pre-school education department, having low academic achievement score, checking frequently smartphones,  carrying their charge device/power bank besides, having the habit of using smartphones before sleep and leaving smartphones at the bedside during sleep process had higher addictive scores.

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