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Nomophobia and temperaments in Lebanon: Results of a national study
Clara Rahme1, Rabih Hallit2,3,4, Marwan Akel5
1Department of Research, Psychiatric Hospital of the Cross, Jal Eddib, Lebanon.
Objectives:
Assess the association between nomophobia and temperaments in the Lebanese population.
Methods:
The cross-sectional study was conducted between January and July 2019 (N = 2260).
Results:
A total of 1089 of the participants (48.3%) appeared to have moderate nomophobia while 349 (15.5%) were found to exhibit severe nomophobia. Multivariable analysis showed that higher hyperthymic temperament (β = -0.34) was associated with less nomophobia, whereas higher irritable temperament (β = 0.43) was associated with more nomophobia.
Practical Implications:
The findings obtained from our study showed that a more irritable temperament was significantly associated with a more severe nomophobia, while hyperthymic temperament was associated with less nomophobia. They open up new perspectives for the evaluation of the temperaments among nomophobics with a better focus on the personality model and how they can predict nomophobia.
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