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A systematic review on nomophobia prevalence: Surfacing results and standard guidelines for future research.

Ana Cristina León-MejíaMónica Gutiérrez-OrtegaIsabel Serrano-PintadoJoaquin Manuel González-Cabrera
Published in: PloS one (2021)
In this study, we find that women and younger individuals suffer more from nomophobia. The disparity in reporting the prevalence of nomophobia is enormous since the percentages of "at-risk" participants go from 13% to 79%, and participants suffering from it are between 6% and 73%, being the score in the range of 45.5 and 93.82. Within the group of nomophobic people, moderate cases vary between 25.7% and 73.3%, and severe cases, between 1% and 87%. Such disparity is due to differences in assessment criteria. Females and young people seem to be more vulnerable to nomophobia although methodological disparity makes it difficult to reach definitive conclusions. We conclude our review by recommending some common guidelines for guiding future research.
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