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Nomophobia is “the fear of being unable to use one’s mobile phone or beingunreachable through one’s mobile phone” (Yildirim & Correia, 2015, p. 1323). A sampleof 161 professional teachers from accredited private schools in Kansas and Missouri wasutilized to measure levels of nomophobia and differences based on teachers’ gender, agegroup, and grade level taught. The survey data was collected using the NomophobiaQuestionnaire (NMP-Q) created by Yildirim (2014). Independent-samples t tests andANOVAs were used to address the four research questions. Results indicated thatteachers are experiencing moderate to severe nomophobia. Additionally, femaleteachers’ levels are higher than male teachers, teachers 18-35 have the highest level of allof the age groups, and teachers in early education and elementary schools experiencehigher levels of nomophobia. Further analysis regarding the four underlying factors ofnomophobia revealed significant levels of nomophobia in the fear of being unable tocommunicate, the fear of losing connectedness, and the fear of being unable to accessinformation. Female teachers reported significantly higher levels of nomophobia in thefear of losing connectedness, the fear of being unable to access information, and the fearof losing convenience. Also, teachers between the ages of 18 and 35 reportedsignificantly higher levels of nomophobia in the fear of losing connectedness, the fear ofbeing unable to access information, and the fear of losing convenience. Early childhoodand elementary teachers reported significantly higher levels of nomophobia for all foursubfactors. As one of the first to measure teachers’ nomophobia, this study raisesawareness of concerns within classrooms and the need to create well-informed policiesand procedures emphasizing a healthy balance of technology usage at school. |
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