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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine and compare the levels of nomofobia and social anxiety of university students.Method: The research of the identifying and relationship-seeking type was carried out at Atatürk University between April and June 2017. 703 university students who used the smartphone and agreed to participate in the study were included. The data collection used the Personal Information Form, the Nomofobia Scale and the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale. Before starting the research, he received written permission from the ethical approval and units in which the research will be carried out. The data was collected using the face-to-face conversation technique with the students at the end of any lesson hour in the classes determined by the researcher. The data was analyzed using the SPSS 20.0 package program. Results: 78.38% of the students who participated in the study were women, 21.62% men, 54.62% first-class students. 31.86% of students that they used a smartphone for 5 years or older, while 8.25% that they used a smartphone for a last year. The average weight score of students was 2,57±0,68, 75,28±25,38 points from the Nomofobia Scale, 50,68±12,67 points from the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale from the Social Fobic Fear Subscale and 50,00±13,89 points from the Social Fobic Evasion Subscale. There was a strong relationship between the Nomofobia scale and the total scale of the Social Anxiety scale in a statistically significant positive direction r=0,195, p

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