It’s a sad fact of life that most of us are at least a little bit hooked on our phones.
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how bad is our addiction? Researchers from Iowa State University have
devised a quiz that can tell whether it’s a serious problem.
The
test was evaluated on more than 300 people, and the results showed that
it’s an accurate predictor of whether a person actually has nomophobia,
i.e. the fear of being without a phone. The study results were recently
published in the journal Computers in Human Behavior.
The
test involves ranking how strongly you disagree (designated by “1” on a
scale of 1 to 7) or agree (designated by “7” on the scale) with 20
statements. Your result is calculated by totaling the response numbers,
with the higher the score corresponding to a greater level of
nomophobia.
Want to figure out how bad your nomophobia is? Try the test out for yourself:
- I would feel uncomfortable without constant access to information through my smartphone.
- I would be annoyed if I could not look information up on my smartphone when I wanted to do so.
- Being unable to get the news (e.g., happenings, weather, etc.) on my smartphone would make me nervous.
- I would be annoyed if I could not use my smartphone and/or its capabilities when I wanted to do so.
- Running out of battery in my smartphone would scare me.
- If I were to run out of credits or hit my monthly data limit, I would panic.
- If I did not have a data signal or could not connect to Wi-Fi, then I would constantly check to see if I had a signal or could find a Wi-Fi network.
- If I could not use my smartphone, I would be afraid of getting stranded somewhere.
- If I could not check my smartphone for a while, I would feel a desire to check it.
If I did not have my smartphone with me:
- I would feel anxious because I could not instantly communicate with my family and/or friends.
- I would be worried because my family and/or friends could not reach me.
- I would feel nervous because I would not be able to receive text messages and calls.
- I would be anxious because I could not keep in touch with my family and/or friends.
- I would be nervous because I could not know if someone had tried to get a hold of me.
- I would feel anxious because my constant connection to my family and friends would be broken.
- I would be nervous because I would be disconnected from my online identity.
- I would be uncomfortable because I could not stay up-to-date with social media and online networks.
- I would feel awkward because I could not check my notifications for updates from my connections and online networks.
- I would feel anxious because I could not check my email messages.
- I would feel weird because I would not know what to do.
Scoring Guide:
20: No nomophobia
21-60: Mild nomophobia
60-100: Moderate nomophobia
101-140: Severe nomophobia
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