“A study to assess the prevalence of nomophobia and its level of impact on academic performances of junior college students among selected colleges in Loni Bk.”

Mr. Pratik Gunjal , Dr. Rajendra Lamkhede , Mr. Swapnil Tambe , Mr. Akshay Parkhe

assess, prevalence’s, nomophobia, impact, junior college students.

Background: From the times of pigeons, letters, Morse codes, telegraphs and telephones, communication has been an integral part of human social life Building relations, expression of emotions, sharing of thoughts, knowledge of current happenings etc. have been essential forms of interaction amidst our fast-paced life. It is difficult to say mobile phone use as problematic like addictions to alcohol, drugs or gambling. Almost every people have a mobile phone and use it regularly, but there are people who can’t take their dinner without texting or furiously typing on a personal digital assistant during a meeting. These types or users become anxious when they are separated from the phone, they can’t enjoy whatever they are doing without their mobile phones and they often check their phones for voice mails and text messages. this study was conducted to assess prevalence’s of nomophobia and its impact on academic performances of junior college students. Material and Methods: The sample consisted of 250 junior college students in selected colleges. Sampling technique used for the current study was non-probability convenient sampling. The level of prevalence’s was assessed by self-structured modified nomophobia scale and its impact on academic performances was assessed by using self-structured checklist. The results were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics (frequency, percentage, mean, SD, chi square analysis). Results: The demographic findings of critical care setting staff nurses concluded that, majority of the junior college students 115(46%) were of 15 years of age, 136(54%) samples were female,115(45%) were in the 11th Std, educational status of father117(47%)were completed with secondary education, 182(73%) were residing in rural area, 142(56%) were having two mobiles at home, 98(39%) were using mobile from one year, their reason of using mobile where majority 93(36%) were using for social networking sites. The prevalence’s of nomophobia among junior college students among selected colleges which concludes that in the majority 142(57%) were having moderate nomophobia, 92(37%) were having mild nomophobia, 16(6%) were having severe nomophobia and no one was having no nomophobia. The level of impact of nomophobia on academic performances among junior college students among selected colleges which concludes that in the majority 188(75%) were having moderate impact, 42(17%) were having mild impact and 20(8%) were having severe impact of using mobile on academic performances. There was a positive correlation between level nomophobia and impact of nomophobia on academic performances among junior college students. There was no any significant association between prevalence’s of nomophobia and impact of nomophobia on academic performances among junior college students with selected demographic variables Conclusion: The study findings have shown that the there was high prevalence’s of nomophobia and majority of the junior college students were having moderate nomophobia whereas there was a positive correlation between nomophobia and its impact on academic performances as majority of the students were presented with moderate impact on academic performances. An educational programmed is essential to minimize the prevalence’s of nomophobia among junior college students. Keywords: assess, prevalence’s, nomophobia, impact, junior college students.

Volume 10 Issue 9, September-2025

Pages : a237-a249